For years, vehicles have had a little light that comes on when you are below about 50 miles of range. It's next to the fuel gauge. I've always heard it called the "walk light", which I presume is a reference to the fact that, if you don't do something, you may have to start walking soon.

My car has a little screen in the dash where it usually shows my range, or the current temperature - information that I check when safe to do so, but never very urgently. This is the perfect place for a warning about low wiper fluid.

As for forward collision warnings, ehhhh. Maybe that should beep loudly, but it should almost never be wrong! (A false alarm could easily mean I slam on the brakes and get rear-ended, so that has to be balanced with the safety advantage of the true alarm.)

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smugma 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Forward and rear collision warnings have saved me several times in 3 different cars, including slamming on the brakes as I was backing up and then a MUNI bus that I didn’t see flew by.

I’ve also been in 4 accidents that were my fault (one on the same street, a MUNI bus blocked my view of another car that had the right of the way) and 2 that weren’t but I wasn’t able to avoid them.

I will always buy a new car with the latest tech because I acknowledge I’m a below average driver and those warnings (inc the subtle “someone is in your blind spot” light) are helpful to me.

PS I also prefer physical knobs (especially on the steering wheel) and don’t have cars with giant touchscreens.

	▲	Barbing 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		“I acknowledge I'm a below average driver” >Your search did not match any documents \| Need help? Check out other tips for searching on Google. (Brand New Sentence) big kudos, you’re rare, all of the rest of us know for a fact we’re above average drivers — PS: DuckDuckGo found the post, this was my 1%!!! (DDG beat Google, less than a weekly occurrence!)
	▲	washingupliquid 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The fix for your repeated at-fault accidents is not more mandatory technology in cars. The fix is you should be taking MUNI more often and a defensive driving course. Maybe be forced to drive a manual transmission car through Pac Heights until you can't. Your insurance premiums must be crazy.
	▲	NetMageSCW 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>one on the same street, a MUNI bus blocked my view of another car that had the right of the way Simple, fundamental rule: never go when you can’t see. Follow religiously.