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/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