Comment on Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It
alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
My car gives a warning when it detects a potential collision.
Usually, it’s right before I start turning into a turn.
I get it, it’s 2-bit brain doesn’t realize that the car will not, in fact, drive straight into the wall.
It doesn’t realize that I have had my foot off the gas in anticipation.
I would really hate if the car would brake under those circumstances.
varyingExpertise@feddit.org 5 days ago
Treated myself to a used Q8 eTron, first nice car I’ve ever had. I must say, all the bells and whistles, adaptive cruise control that eases off the go pedal when a town comes up, night vision that warns if an animal has a vector crossing mine, hands off stop and go and all that works neatly.
Emergency braking together with night vision was hard on the brakes once before I even knew that a deer was even there. It crossed into the high beams fractions of a second later and every screen in the car and the HUD had a red triangle in it with a deer symbol while I was already hanging in the seat belt. Yeah, no shit, thanks engineers.
What I’m saying is: Apparently all that stuff can be made properly, manufacturers just choose not to.
alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Fair enough. I have an 8 year old Mercedes.
Perhaps I should get a newer car.