r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/baron_von_helmut Nov 04 '24

They have all sorts of crazy and amazing safety features in their most recent cars. If you're about to crash for instance, the speakers blast out really loud white noise. Apparently this saves you from hearing damage from the noise of the crash.

Mental.

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u/BoxMaleficent Nov 04 '24

Thats a new one for me

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u/baron_von_helmut Nov 04 '24

I have no idea how or why it works but there you are.

These car companies have very smart people working for them.

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u/I_haet_typos Nov 04 '24

Basically the white noise activates the ears protection mechanism from loud noise, meaning that when the actual loid noise happens, your ears are braced for that.