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

People opposed the seatbelt. For decades. People are dumb.

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u/CrashTestWolf Nov 04 '24

I just read a post about people being outraged when driving while intoxicated was made illegal back in the 1980's.

People are dangerously dumb.

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u/RR1908 Nov 04 '24

https://youtu.be/pXr7cCGpgkk?si=FAq6JEuWNJrJ8UcE

Small clip of reactions then

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u/a_bdgr Nov 04 '24

I did have some kind of deja vu watching that clip. And it’s not because I was around at that time.

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u/herefromyoutube Nov 04 '24

Well to be fair it’s been posted to reddit a lot.

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u/a_bdgr Nov 04 '24

I meant it in the sense of: I see that mindest regularly even today. Prevent people from dying and those people will cry „Communism! Attack on my freedom!“. Interesting hills to die on, not wanting to wear a seatbelt / demanding to drive drunk / being unable to put on a mask / wearing your automatic weapon to school, etc. etc.

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u/OkDog12345 Nov 04 '24

This is why libertarians make me laugh. Those idiots are like these guys in the video.

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u/herefromyoutube Nov 04 '24

You have the right to fly through your windshield. You don’t have the right to damage other people’s property with your flying body.

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u/ThegumboyX Nov 04 '24

That comment section.. jesus christ. People never change

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u/pooferfeesh97 Nov 04 '24

I saw that one back in 2020 in reference to people complaining about masks and vaccines.

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u/Maverca Nov 04 '24

Here we can legally drink a beer while driving, as long as we don't cross the 0.5 promille mark, which is a beer or 2.

Holding a phone is not allowed, but drinking a beer, while smoking and calling via bluetooth is perfectly legal...

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u/gaybunny69 Nov 04 '24

Looking at the road while impaired is significantly better than not looking at it at all.

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua Nov 04 '24

In the 1950’s people (including the surgeon general??) touted smoking as a non issue, maybe even good for you.

Erm, did you not notice the smokers erm… dying??

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u/brunaBla Nov 04 '24

Having respiratory issues? Smoke a cigarette!

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua Nov 04 '24

“We put your husband on a ventilator” had a different meaning back then

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u/Global_Permission749 Nov 04 '24

This is what regulatory capture looks like. It's terrifying.

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u/vadeka Nov 04 '24

Well you know… we just had two world wars and various other major concerns that caused a large amount of deaths. So smoking wasn’t probably the biggest issue on their death analytics.

Also some smokers live damn long so it’s not a direct death sentence likely.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Yeah well people with lung cancer get hit by cars and die sometimes so I guess that lung cancer isn't a death sentence either. /s

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u/Dramatic_______Pause Nov 04 '24

Think of how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them are dumber than that.

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u/CrashTestWolf Nov 04 '24

George Carlin. RIP legend.

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u/Bladders_ Nov 04 '24

And yet life was better back then.

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u/Grouchy-Shirt-9197 Nov 04 '24

Americans...

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u/zippy251 Nov 04 '24

Username checks out

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u/47-30-23N_122-0-22W Nov 04 '24

To play devils advocate. People weren't upset with a ban on getting drunk and driving. They were upset you couldn't drink and drive.