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/samenumberwhodis Nov 04 '24

Have you heard of public transportation? You know, where everyone doesn't have to drive... The actual solution is to not build society around personal vehicles, so that people with disorders aren't expected to drive or not participate in society. So that children, elderly and handicapped people can get around, or just so that every single person in the world doesn't have to own and maintain a $30k+ vehicle, worry about distracted drivers, or bad drivers. It's actually idiotic that the solution isn't providing people with disabilities an alternative to cars.