Yet another thing to break down. Cars are overloaded with gizmos already.
I really have no issue seeing bikes and bicycles when I drive.
Some new cars have horrible blind spots, fix that instead.
I can also see this tech being super annoying.
Yet another thing to break down. Cars are overloaded with gizmos already.
I really have no issue seeing bikes and bicycles when I drive.
Some new cars have horrible blind spots, fix that instead.
I can also see this tech being super annoying.
How do you suggest people do shoulder checks then?They should implement a 'tap' from the headrest when the driver takes a hand of the wheel and eyes off the outside (i.e. distracted). Can call this the 'D=ASTTH' system (distracted = a slap to the head).
Not necessarily if it entrenches a driver's inattentive behaviour. Then he comes up to a situation where he's not paying attention and the car isn't designed to alert him or bail him out, then BAM. Dead biker.Every piece of technology, that keeps some **** head who hasn't transitioned very well from the wooden cart to the Camry, from clobbering some poor ****er on a bike, is a good thing.
Not necessarily if it entrenches a driver's inattentive behaviour. Then he comes up to a situation where he's not paying attention and the car isn't designed to alert him or bail him out, then BAM. Dead biker.
I don't think that's a problem with automatic headlights. It's because the dashboard lights up day an night, regardless of the position of the headlight switch. My guess is having the dash lights on helps the car look better during a test drive, but keeping the outside lights off improves fuel efficiency. So in well-lit urban areas people don't realize their head/taillights are off, they just have the little warning light telling them their DRLs are on. But since they can see everything they don't even think about their lights.True. I observe many more drivers these days driving with no lights at night now that most cars have 'automatic' headlight controls.
+1.....Many of these devices are allowing people to divest themselves of responsibility for problems; people should be paying more attention. The technology I feel is actually helpful and should be added to all cars is the cross-traffic assist that allows you to stick the nose of your car out (a little) in situations where you can't see and determine if it's safe to continue.
The elanra A-pillars are terrible. I almost made a left from a stop when a car was coming, as I simply did not see it. I got used to it now, but still dangerous. I guess it's the A-pillar airbags that are to blame.
Bring on the true saviour, auto-driving cars.
Providing humans with tools to make them safer only serves to heal the symptoms, not address the root of the problem. Take control out of the hands of the meat sack behind the wheel, and you won't need so many damn preventative measures.
You can lead a horse to water, and all that jazz.