When driving maneuvers are no longer logical and predictable
More and more cars are driving through our streets with assistance systems or even semi-autonomously. Drivers no longer need to worry about distances and can even leave the steering to the car in certain situations.
So far so good. Things are not quite so simple for the driver behind. Because while a human driver usually behaves logically in his actions, the computer in a modern car does not necessarily do so. Or have you never noticed strange braking maneuvers by a car in front, for example when changing lanes in the city or on the highway? If it wasn't a completely unfamiliar tourist, then the computer's "hand" was probably involved, fearing an obstacle or "seeing" some other kind of danger.
In fact, today's systems are not able to see further than they can see. They lack the instinct of the experienced driver who anticipates the behavior of road users, who recognizes at an early stage that the car in front of him will leave the lane in time or can already accelerate again as you approach. There are thousands of different traffic situations that a frequent driver has already experienced and integrated into their wealth of experience. It will be some time before the computers in self-driving cars are ready. Until then, we will have to be prepared for strange maneuvers by these cars. Perhaps they should display the autonomous driving mode to the outside world, then we would be warned ....
And what does all this have to do with classic cars, you ask? Well, you can be sure that old cars are always driven by a driver and never by a computer. This means that they behave logically and predictably on the road. And if you are sitting behind the wheel of a classic car and a modern car with incomprehensible braking maneuvers is driving in front of you, then keep your distance, because a newfangled car like that can really hit the brakes ...
