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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by JohnFen on Thursday June 01, 2023 @07:45PM (#36159007)
I agree.

I also agree with this:

> If the government wants to immediately improve car safety they should outlaw touchscreens instead.

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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by notatoad on Thursday June 01, 2023 @07:47PM (#36159015)
i also hate touchscreens in cars, but that's not an either/or situation with AEB
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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by vkou on Thursday June 01, 2023 @07:52PM (#36159056)
It sounds like they should do both, then?
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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by josefx on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:30AM (#36163018)
Removing distractions like poor user interfaces would probably overlap with the improvements from emergency braking. So if you want to be throughout you would have to check if they still make sense with the other changes in place.
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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by JohnFen on Friday June 02, 2023 @10:59AM (#36166033)
That's what I was saying, yes.
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