Really ? ? Because I ' m just flat put disgusted <| sep |> I agree with this , but I wouldnt necessarily call a potted plant disposable <| sep |> It ' s not a question of what ' s physically possible , but more how people ' s brains work . People commonly zone out , often not even able to recall their journey because they were thinking about other things and their brain was essentially driving on auto pilot , only paying attention to what ' s absolutely necessary . It ' s considered a trance , similar to how people can be hypnotized . When people drive , especially when they do it a lot , their brains focus only on things that are immediately importantnamely the car in front of them , unless you ' re preparing to turn or change lanes . It ' s very common that people are unaware of a slowdown up ahead until the car immediately in front of them starts to brake . That ' s actually why traffic jams form . Just factual observations about general driving behavior . People are required to follow at a safe distance , meaning enough time to react to the person ahead of you slamming on their brakes . Safe distance does not mean enough room to stop if the vehicle in front of you comes to a full , immediate stop as if they hit a brick wall . That would require 250 ft distance between cars . Nobody does this . Anyway , all this is to say I ' m really excited for vehicles to be automated so we don ' t have these issues .