| ▲ | borosuxks 3 hours ago |
| I'm not sure it's actual regulations, but the Euro NCAP safety tests requiring all these "features" (like not remembering when you turn them off) to get a max score. And who doesn't want the safest car? |
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| ▲ | calvinmorrison 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| how much have cars safety improved in terms of crashes, airbags, etc, versus the robot will stop the crash? |
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| ▲ | aenis 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Impossible to measure, many other uncontrolled variables - esp. significant improvements to infrastructure in Europe, and regulations. Take NL, where a crash involving a pedestrian or a cyclist effectively forces the driver to prove their innocence. I can walk across a Dutch town blindfolded with the biggest risk to my wellbeing being cyclists (well, and the canals). I'd guess the impact of those intervention dwarfs the "i will beep at you until i make you deaf if you don't put your seatbelt over your grocery bag" innovations. |
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| ▲ | teki_one 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I grew up in/with cars which would score 0 (more like -3 to -5) and made it to adulthood, so I have a feeling that these features are not strictly neccesary. At the same time what if it saves at least one life a year? (same goes for riding with/without helmets) |
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| ▲ | aucisson_masque 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | My father grew up drinking a ton of alcohol and smoking, like his friends. Many of them are dead. By your logic, we should keep drinking and smoking. | | |
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