Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB

Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by noAnswer on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:37AM (#40028921)

Over 10 years ago. Colleague comes into the office and says: "I nearly died yesterday." Tells a story how he (as a passenger) was driving with other colleague to an exhibition. The driver thought it was a good idea to explain the car radio to the others...while driving over 200km/h on the German Autobahn. The car, a VW Passart, suddenly engaged full braking while slowly steering to the right (onto the breakdown lane). They came to a full stop besides a standing car.

Without the auto braking they would have driven into the end of a traffic jam with very high speed.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by Free-is-Freedom on Sunday April 14, 2024 @07:54AM (#40030490)

This is equivalent to "A colleague of mine played russian roulette but lived because the safety was on"

The moral of the story is not that safety mechanisms are good (this is self evident) but rather that you should never gamble with your life.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by noAnswer on Sunday April 14, 2024 @11:26AM (#40031781)

There is no moral. It just happend. The End. People have to travel sometimes and can't always be the driver/pilot/operator of the vehicle. And if they are, they can't always be at their 100%.

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