Having driven a vehicle with automatic braking, I find myself experiencing no positive feelings about this proposal.
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#32This is already mandatory for cars sold in Europe for some years, it's really no big deal. Before that it wasn't mandatory, but I think it was required the be able to get a 5 star safety rating (which all brands want) so it was very common even before it was mandatory.
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#33I wonder when or if they will ever require drunk driving detectors or breathalyzers?
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cell phones. I look around me and at least half of the drivers I see are texting/scrolling, watching videos, or posting Snapchat stories.
This is true but it can’t be more than part of the explanation: pretty much everywhere else has phones but has seen declining fatality rates.
The US has heavier cars to skirt around regulations and no public transit infrastructure.
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#35I wonder when or if they will ever require drunk driving detectors or breathalyzers?
They already did, they’re just deciding on what exactly to use.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-age...
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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He's out of line but he's right though. EU economic growth keeps falling further and further behind the US since the post 2008 crash.
Sure, we have higher quality of life, but all those social services that make that still require a growing performant economy to keep up with their rising costs, otherwise they'll have to be cut (and a lot are) or we'll have to go into a spiraling taxation and debt trap.
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#37The only experience I have with automatic emergency braking was with a large box truck several years ago. It was quite horrible, false positives often, and never was necessary. Once it braked for no apparent reason while going downhill around a turn and almost caused us to wreck since the truck didn't turn as well under heavy braking. I hope better implementations exist.
Yeah this technology ain't mature in any way, 99% or 99,9% is simply not good enough to deploy anywhere en masse. Lane assists, braking, collision recognition - I've seen false positives, I've seen no reaction where there should be one.
By far the safest driving for me is simply having experience and no assistants enabled, ever. I know this begs question how to get to that level, these flawed helpers can maybe statistically help, but they shouldn't be forced upon everybody.
It seems older cars will keep their value for quite some time. I am actively beginning to hate all new development in cars, when all everybody wants is simply full autopilot. If we are not there (and we are not), then just wait and help companies get there.
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#38I wonder when or if they will ever require drunk driving detectors or breathalyzers?
Starting in 2026 all new cars must come with passive alcohol detection systems.
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#39Breaking news
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you please not post rants that are unrelated and unsupported to the topic at hand?
He's out of line but he's right though. EU economic growth keeps falling further and further behind the US since the post 2008 crash. Sure, we have higher quality of life, but all those social services that make that still require a growing performant economy to keep up with their rising costs, otherwise they'll have to be cut (and a lot are) or we'll have to go into a spiraling taxation and debt trap.
I'm sure the parents and family of dead people on US roads are happy because the economy has been doing well. Especially with all the hard proof available it's the lack of automated braking that's been driving their economic happiness.