I feel like this is a phenomenon that should have a name, but I don’t know what it is…
As you get older and more experienced, you get better at driving. The average driver, though, generally does not get better because of turnover due to age on both ends. This means that from your relative perspective people seem to be getting steadily worse at driving.
Of course there is day to day fluctuation, and some factors (e.g. cell phone use) may have large impacts, but I’m convinced that most of what we feel is connected to the former effect.
I feel like this is a phenomenon that should have a name, but I don’t know what it is…
As you get older and more experienced, you get better at driving. The average driver, though, generally does not get better because of turnover due to age on both ends. This means that from your relative perspective people seem to be getting steadily worse at driving.
Of course there is day to day fluctuation, and some factors (e.g. cell phone use) may have large impacts, but I’m convinced that most of what we feel is connected to the former effect.