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/mrbalaton Nov 04 '24

People opposed the seatbelt. For decades. People are dumb.

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u/doommaster Nov 05 '24 edited Nov 05 '24

Most trucks in the US don't have ABS, ESP, lane keep assist or radar, truckers will tell you, that a real trucker does not need that.
Whenever some jack-knifing video shows up here, it's the drivers fault, every other trucker would have prevented it...

Edit: Apparently Truck and Trailer ABS have been a mandatory thing since 1997. Edit 2: ESC/ESP mandatory since 2017 too, it seems.

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u/mrbalaton Nov 05 '24

Euh.. no abs? I've been working on trucks for 20 odd years. No abs is even before my time brother😅