Wisdom of the Crowd

By rigorously observing my fellow drivers, I've learned a bunch of new tricks that help me every time I get behind the wheel.

Perhaps you've heard the term "crowdsourcing." That's when ideas are solicited from a teeming mob rather than a small cadre of so-called experts, often generating surprising results. Consider the Volkswagen Tiguan. No, not the car itself, which highly trained engineers designed, but its name a mashup of "tiger" and "iguana." Thanks, crowd!

Lately, I've been thinking about how I could apply the wisdom of the masses to my driving. Is it possible that my personal habits and techniques could be improved by crowdsourcing? Perhaps. So I decided to pay extra attention to my fellow drivers and see whether I could learn anything from the licensed citizenry as a whole. Like Tesla's Full SelfDriving system (perpetually in beta testing), I'd assimilate their insights and experience to make my own driving superduper great. Here's some of what I've learned.