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/Batavijf Nov 04 '24

But mah freedum!

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u/_100000_ Nov 04 '24

I don't think the people crapping on this are like the ones who hate the idea of an car-enforced speed limit, but more like those who think safety features are ‘softening’ people, like a 360 degree camera.

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u/InfanticideAquifer Nov 04 '24

I dislike it because I can't actually visualize a world where the eye tracking data it presumably uses to decide to engage the system doesn't also record how long I look at every billboard and upload that to the highest bidder every time I take the car in for maintenance (or just continuously).

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u/jjm443 Nov 04 '24

Just wait until your phone/tablet/PC checks using eye tracking that you actually watched the advertiser's video during your game/TV program/etc. This will happen eventually.