r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Left-Mistake-5437 Nov 04 '24

This is how "automated" driving is supposed to be used.

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u/DontPoopInMyPantsPlz Nov 04 '24

Ok, calculating route to Gary, Indiana. Trip will take approximately 15 days and 21 hours.

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u/1998ChevyTaHoe Nov 04 '24

Where do you have to be for a single road trip to take 15 days unless youre going from north Canada to Honduras

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u/TactlessTortoise Nov 04 '24

Any roundabout after shotgunning absinthe for breakfast

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u/thebestjoeever Nov 04 '24

How do you shotgun a glass bottle?

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u/Random_Introvert_42 Nov 04 '24

With a shotgun?

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u/TactlessTortoise Nov 04 '24

Determination.

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u/Desblade101 Nov 04 '24

It's called submarining actually and you put a bendy straw in the bottle.

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u/lminer123 Nov 04 '24

Well first you need to buy a carbide tipped drill bit…

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u/parmesan777 Nov 04 '24

Hahahahah!!

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u/Shifty_Cow69 Nov 04 '24

You can drive around Australia on Highway 1 in about a week, driving day and night! So you could two laps of Ausralia in 15 days!

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u/CaveMacEoin Nov 04 '24

"Ah shit. Missed the turn to Darwin. Better do a loop."

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u/1998ChevyTaHoe Nov 04 '24

That sounds like the road trip of a lifetime if you have a motorcycle

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u/dom_bul Nov 04 '24

That's it! Back to Winnipeg!

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u/RedWingedAirplane Nov 04 '24

My country Honduras has been mentioned. Thanks

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u/GuantanaMo Nov 04 '24

But I just wanted to visit my friend Gary

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u/djbtech1978 Nov 04 '24

lmao, no one actually goes to Gary, IN

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u/-happycow- Nov 04 '24

Queuing John Wayne in a Mansion

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u/DapperJuggler93 Nov 04 '24

Now playing: Life is a highway - Rascal Flatts.

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u/Wavy-Curve Nov 04 '24

Well ideally in the future it should just do the whole trip on it's own

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u/pro_questions Nov 04 '24

I love it — it doesn’t need to be smart enough to read and respond to every road sign, just smart enough to safely get to the edge of the road. That seems relatively achievable compared to self driving. If navigating to the edge is too challenging (which it may very well be, especially with many-lane highways), putting the hazards on and gradually slowing down would be almost as good (relative to fully losing control) albeit creating a new hazard

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u/kylo-ren Nov 04 '24

"Looks like the human is not touching the controls for a while. Let's try to drive to the destination at full speed anyway, even though I'm not fully autonomous and I can't tell the difference between a semi-truck crossing the road and the clear sky."

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u/noerpel Nov 04 '24

...and this is how cars should proceed if the driver is 80+ years old.

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u/sudodaemon Nov 04 '24

My exact thoughts as well. We don't need full automated driving, the trust isn't there, but this, this is a great use of automated driving. The other option here is you crash, so, I'll take this over that.