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Originally Posted by m3chhawk
I'm assuming by your comments and general attitude that you are a late adopter of most technologies.
The software won't be released untested. Google has had fully autonomous vehicles on the road for awhile now. Nissan is the first OEM to release a statement and they are targeting 2020. That's a substantial amount of time for testing.
I'm confused as to how you consider crash avoidance systems a gimmick? To be honest, the algorithm is pretty simple and tens of thousands people die in automotive accidents every year in the United States alone.
Out of curiosity, how would YOU make vehicles safer moving forward?
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How do I consider safety systems a gimmick?
Lux vehicles have had a ton of them. Rotating headlamps, automatic parking, rearview cams, lane departure warning, the alarms detecting your head dipping for sleep, hell even the seatbelt off chimes. It all starts in mercs and lexii, because it costs more, and not all of those techs pass through to the common man, only ones that wind up making a difference for low cost. And some concepts are neat in theory but ineffective in practice.
Your personal assumptions and challenge aside, I know the software will be tested. All software is tested. But most of it has unpredicted bugs and flaws that manifest in unforeseen use cases.
I am not interested in making cars better. I think we should make drivers better. The American driving tests and penalties for dui aren't strong enough. And most drivers are lazily relying on safety mechanisms and aren't involved enough in the act of driving. These are my opinions, you are entitled to yours.