Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by justahuman74 on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:28AM
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I thought I was a low risk driver, then when doing a lot of hours riding a motorcycle it became very apparent how incredibly terrible of a car driver I was. So much general threat and risk was invisible as a car driver contained in a big metal box.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by mathieuh on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:01AM
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I do a lot of cycling and it's amazing how much more aware you are when any minor bump is going to cause you injury. I've avoided accidents multiple seconds in advance because something about the way someone was driving made me nervous, it's like you get a sixth sense.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by andbberger on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:16AM
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visibility is also dramatically better on a bike
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by CalRobert on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:38AM
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Riding a bike (motorcycle or bicycle) should be mandatory for learning to drive a car.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by shortcake27 on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:38AM
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Every person on the planet believes they’re an above average driver. No one thinks they need these types of safety features in their car because they’re a safe driver and the problem is every other driver.
It terrifies me that people are so oblivious to their own flaws that they would willingly disable features such as AEB if they could. I’m extremely thankful for regulations that prevent such life-saving safety features from being disabled.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by tpxl on Friday June 02, 2023 @04:50AM
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An average person has 3-4 car crashes in a lifetime. Having 1 minor accident in 40 years of driving is above average.
The only time I ever came close to having a crash is when lane assist tried to drive in the dividers on a highway with construction going on, so lane assist is the first to go in a new car.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by taeric on Friday June 02, 2023 @09:54AM
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The average person also has their wrecks at the beginning and end of their driving. Having 1 while in late 50s to 60s isn't that unlikely, either. And sets you on the average track.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by JohnFen on Friday June 02, 2023 @04:57PM
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> Every person on the planet believes they’re an above average driver
Not everyone. I don't think I'm an above average driver at all.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by sebzim4500 on Friday June 02, 2023 @09:22AM
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Even if you would rather not have the feature in your car, wouldn't you rather the idiot about to hit you had it in his?
Unless you are proposing that they should require it in everyone's cars except yorus.
I, personally, am a much lower risk than the typical driver. Putting a drivers' aid device in my car may well increase the danger to me and those around me, even while having it in other cars decreases danger.
BTW - my car's traction control is evil. It's a rear wheel drive car, without limited slip. So when I pull out onto the road from a driveway, if there's the slightest bit of sand on the road, I get enough spin to engage the traction control. The car deals with this by vastly cutting engine power. In Texas, where the regular surface road I'm pulling out to is commonly 60mph, and often faster, I need to accelerate quickly to avoid the guy approaching - yet the traction control has just left me wallowing, dead in the water, unable to accelerate strongly. Except in wet conditions, disabling the traction control is always the first thing I do when I sit in the car.