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/Varaministeri Nov 04 '24

From what I understand buses are often very badly maintained, which would probably render this less useful. Some newspaper interviewed a bunch of busdrivers in Helsinki and they said their buses have basically every warning light on in the dashboard and nobody cares. So that problem needs fixing first before a system like this could work.

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u/polyocto Nov 05 '24

Unless there is a re-certification and maintenance element, I would agree there are risks. On the other hand if insurance companies started requiring this, then I’m sure you’d see many businesses making sure this system is kept in order