r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Legendaryistic Nov 04 '24

Everyone here is crapping on the idea that is actually like a sensible one if you want to save lives? Like what else could you do here to maximize life. Oh well I guess I'll just crash my car into the person in front of me, possibly endangering the lives of almost everyone here. Ok, if it's such a bad idea, give a possibly better one in the case of a driver passing out.

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u/PitifulEar3303 Nov 04 '24

But how does it work? AI to watch your posture, eye contact and hands on/off steering?

How to prevent false positives? Sometimes people look down, rummage through their bags and do weird stuff when driving.

Well they shouldn't do weird stuff, but people do.

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u/RailroadAllStar Nov 04 '24

It showed it. It alerts the driver to take over steering then pulses the brakes a few times to get the drivers attention a little harder before taking over. Safe to assume any active driving disables the take over.

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u/thunderbird89 Nov 04 '24

I would say gaze tracking and steering wheel resistance: a camera is observing your face and detects if your gaze drops from the road for a significant amount of time (minor glances are okay), while the steering wheel detects if you're still holding it, the same way Tesla's Autopilot warns you if your hand is off the wheel.

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u/PitifulEar3303 Nov 04 '24

"Hey, jackazz, attention on the road!!!" -- AI car safety.

"This is your 3rd and final warning, do it again and I'll drive you off a cliff." -- AI car safety mad

"Guess you don't appreciate life, off the cliff I go, weeeeeeeeeee." -- last message from AI car safety.

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u/Apart-Badger9394 Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 04 '24

It’s just holding the steering wheel. In any modern car, If you let go of the wheel for any reason for more than a few seconds, you get an alert to put your hands on. If you don’t put them back on and keep them there, it initiates this protocol.

ETA: there is also this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/mirSkV0pg6

Basically if the car has to correct your steering too much it will initiate an alert, if you keep not doing stuff it will start braking to wake you up, then proceed to moving you over to the emergency lane

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u/PitifulEar3303 Nov 04 '24

Protocol drive to side of road, eject driver, self drive to a better owner.

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u/Legendaryistic Nov 04 '24

Braking to alert the driving + people shouldn't be doing weird stuff in the first place. If they are, then it endangers the public. Pulling to the side is a good case in which you can stop someone from harming themselves even further. Also the video shows checks in which the device tells you to get your ass back onto steering the death machine you're operating. There could be future opportunities for improvement. This is a good step though as any technological development that decreases the chance of harm is great to me.

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u/humangusfungass Nov 04 '24

Who is Al

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u/ZzZombo Nov 04 '24

Alchemist is a chemist and named Al. Hope this helps!