Re:Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen
by F_r_k on Thursday July 04, 2019 @03:06AM
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And for the sake of it, make a website collecting all the lives saved thanks to it (I'm thinking of the Netherlands schoolboy who'd had been crushed by the truck without it)
Re:Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen
by wongarsu on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:16AM
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When those features are mandatory their performance will be just another thing talked about in car magazines or when talking with friends about the experience with your car. A particularly good or bad implementation might significantly impact sales, so I expect lots of improvements in teh coming years.
A couple of years ago I rented some Toyota which had collision warning. I got on the exit from the highway, it was a big round swing with high, thin marker poles by the sides. The car suddenly started to emit a maddening high-pitch beeping tone that scared the shit out of me. I hit the brakes to slow down to snail speed (fortunately, there was nobody behind me) and then I figured out on the display that it was collision warning. The next thing I did is to read the user manual and disabled the shit.
> Lane assists and emergency braking assists are going to be mandatory safety features in the EU from 2022.
WTF?! We should make a website collecting all stories of almost-accidents due to these features.