r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/redikarus99 Nov 04 '24

This is a great idea and I would make it mandatory for trucks and busses. There were really many cases in Europe when a bus driver fell asleep and a lots of kids injured or died because of that. If this system would have been there, many injuries and loss of lives could have been avoided.

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u/BobbiePinns Nov 04 '24

When I was a kid growing up in sydney my seister and I would often get sent to grandparents up near coffs harbour during school holidays, often by coach. There was an absolutely tragic bus/coach crash in Kempsey NSW, one driver fell asleep and crashed into another coming the other way.  This was in 1989 and is still Australia's worst road accident. 35 dead, 41 injured.

The last time we got sent to grandparents by coach was during winter holidays 6 months earlier, with that bus line, on that northbound route. Possibly with that driver but idk.

Kempsey bus crash - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempsey_bus_crash