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A significant concern 80k years ago (though with lack of communication, few would know that the disembodied hand represented), not even a consideration now. 1 person dies from The Hand in the world each day? More people die of aneurysms each day, I would imagine, and it's effectively the same thing.
Also, does it stop following a given person if they escape it by the end of the day? If you could hop in a car and just drive until the day is over to escape it, it would be more of a "hey, watch out for the hand" kind of thing. But it would be so rare I don't even think it would be on anybody's mind.
But the post states it’s always slightly faster than you, so if you get in a car it would presumably still be able to overtake you.
The question of the hour is what happens if you break the sound barrier. Can the hand do this as well?
Pushing to the logical extreme, what happens when you approach light speed?
So it's rubber band AI logic? Eh, just speed up slowly, and make sharp turns.