[throw10920]

> There are many human failures which are distinctly a vision issue and not attention related

Which are a tiny minority. The largest causes of crashes in the US are attention/cognition problems, not vision problems. Most traffic systems in western countries (probably in others, too, but I don't have personal experience), and in particular the US, are designed to limit visibility problems and do so very effectively.

[kube-system]

That sounds more like a personal opinion, because I don’t think that data is particularly easy to objectively collect.

Regardless it is irrelevant to the point. Whatever the number may be, lapses in human visual perception are responsible for some crashes

[throw10920]

> That sounds more like a personal opinion, because I don’t think that data is particularly easy to objectively collect.

That sounds like a personal opinion?

Maybe do the bare minimum of research before spouting yours.

DOT says that only 5% of crashes are caused by low visibility during weather events.[1]

In 2023, the combined causes of alcohol, speeding, and distracted driving (all cognitive/attention issues) caused 67% of highway deaths. [2]

I was able to find these in 30 seconds. You did zero research to confirm whether your belief was correct before asserting that my claim was opinion. That's pathetic.

> Regardless it is irrelevant to the point.

And your point is therefore irrelevant to the discussion at hand, because the person you were replying to did not claim that vision had no safety impact, but that it had little safety impact:

> the issue is clearly attention not vision when it comes to humans. if we could actually process 100% of the visual information in our field of view, then accidents would probably go down a shit load.

...and, as we can clearly see, the issue is attention (and some bad decision making), not vision.

[1] https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/roadimpact.htm

[2] https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/columns/sa...