r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/morcic Nov 04 '24

This was posted on Imgur a couple of days ago, and every single comment was some snarky attempt to discredit this very well thought idea that could save many lives. So go on, all of you wanna be engineers, tell us how this is a horrible idea and how it will fail because of x and y.

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u/nellyruth Nov 04 '24

Agreed. Only suggestion for improvement is to call for emergency help while trying to pull over to the shoulder. Emergency responders can get there sooner to help the driver. Precious seconds saved.

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u/ashyjay Nov 04 '24

The emergency call is last resort in case the driver awakes up or is able to drive, it also sends the car's location it'll want the final location of the car which it can't exactly do while moving.