Good or bad

[Sniper]

http://www.clipjunkie.com/Crash-prev...car-vid38.html

Good or bad Idea? I wouldnt mind seeing this implemented in a few of our rentals

[Karma]

I couldn't be bothered to watch the vid... but I personally prefer to swerve rather than emergency brake.

[Macktheknife]

Seems like a good idea but I have reservations. I know they say it only does it when collision unavoidable but Murphy taught us that things dont always go to plan.

[Magua]

Interesting to say the least.

[bobsmith]

It would be brilliant when it kicks in while you're overtaking a truck or another large vehicle and there is a car coming towards you..... oh hang on I think I meant disastrous... Of course it will all depend on the software design of the system, etc....

A little tip for all you air travellers,

recently they held a conference for software engineers of aircraft cockpit systems in america somewhere (can't remember the city...) for aircraft cockpit system software engineers from all over the world. Just to make a point, as a part of the opening statement for the conference, the organiser (the lead speaker or whatever you want to call him...) asked everyone that flew to the conference to raise their hands, - very very few people did, and as I understand most software engineers involved in cockpit systems wouldn't fly unless they absolutely have to and then they would try not to....

Makes pilots like me feel really good about what I do. Lucky everything I fly at the moment is levers and cables....

[Mr. Peanut]

You have a choice, smash through a few cardboard boxes or get nailed by the mack truck barreling up behind you. Car senses a collision and stops. Mack truck runs over you.





FUCK THAT

[WRT]

Not to mention people will come to rely on it. Still wont save you from a side impact after blowing through a stop sign.

How about instead of spending heaps of money on making cars idiot proof (cause lets face it, someone is just gonna come up with a bigger idiot) why not invest that money into driver training?

[Lou Girardin]

British technology? Mercs have had this for a while now.
Just another step towards the driverless car.

[The Pastor]

Computers in cars? what ever will they think up next.

Instead of all this "idiot proof" stuff they cram into those tin boxes on wheels, why not just increase the price (both in terms of money time AND skill) of our licence system. at the same time, only issue traffic offence tickets (bar dangerours, drink drive etc) IF they cause an accident? It would go a long way to get public support for the coppars.

[Magua]

You mean education instead of enforcement? You're dreeeeaming mate.

[willy_01]

You mean education instead of enforcement? You're dreeeeaming mate.

haha for sure, this is New Zealand everyone has an uninformed opinion

[Lazy7]

one more thing to go wrong with a vehicle.

I am a firm believe in cars that a fully mechanical. driver aids are for people that cant drive.

people should just get better at driving - the more computer controlled stuff that goes on the worse people will be when it comes to 'crunch' time.

until it gets to minority report style stuff where you dont actually have to touch ANYTHING - cars should respond exactly how the driver EXPECTS it to.

[Korea]

"Design a system that even an idiot can use and only an idiot will want to use it"

BTW: Did you see the test for the system? 100 metres of straight road and then a parked car... who is going to need a system to stop them in this situation???
"Jee, whiz... I was pottering along in a straight line and didn't see the car in front"
Then you should not be driving in the first place...
Don't make cars for dumbasses - There should be a skill prerequisite.

[Wolf]

people should just get better at driving - the more computer controlled stuff that goes on the worse people will be when it comes to 'crunch' time.

Like people who rely on calculators to do maths and computers to correct their spelling and grammar or use a thesaurus without comprehendinging enough of the language to appreciate nuances in the "synonyms".

When it boils down to it, they are the ones who walk away with fifty cents change after tendering a ten dollar note for three $1 cream buns and a $2 pie because they trust that the sleep-deprived bugger behind the counter keyed it in right and lack the maths skills to have at least a ballpark figure of how much their purchases should cost and how much change they should get back or think that "he drew his gun and lapidated his enemy" would make an interesting change from "he drew his gun and killed his enemy".

Make things too automatic and stop people from relying on their own brains and skills and they'll all be ripe candidates for some Orwellian nightmare where the populace is totally reliant on the government to supply the things that do things for them and the threat of having to think for themselves for once or actually exercise a skill will be enough to make them acquiesce to whatever the government demands.

Honestly, if people can't be arsed learning how to do things that everyone should be able to do without completing a doctorate in the subject and expect everything to be make simple and automated, they do not deserve to be classified as the same species that crawled painfully to the top of the food chain and the place of dominant life form.

[myvice]

Just another step towards the driverless car.

Driverless now, you just point them in the direction you want and hope...
Auto breaks? So what!
A modern car has anti lock breaks, traction control, electronic steering, computer controlled suspension, cruse control, fly by wire throttle, (developing by wire breaks) memory for your radio station, seat position, and climate control settings set in your key.
Most have optional navigation systems that talk to you and the phone will auto mute the radio for you too.
All this and smart air bags, pre tensioner seatbelts, side intrusion bars and high tech collapsible impact absorption panels…
The list goes on, just try and find a manual transmission!
The most dangerous thing in the car is the driver, when they remove it the roads will be safe for all!
And we will have to find more inventive ways to control the population.