How Car Safety Became A Major Selling Point
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- Car safety was once an afterthought, but now automakers brag about their safety ratings from groups like IIHS or NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program. The journey to this has been long, and in some cases, controversial. Fierce battles have been fought over whether automakers should have to stock cars with safety equipment, such as airbags, and whether people should be forced to wear seatbelts.
Now a raft of new safety technologies help prevent collisions from happening at all. Some automakers, such as General Motors are aspiring to a world with no crashes.
While some of these new safety technologies are promising, they often rely on automation to achieve their goals, and automation brings its own risks, such as distraction, confusion, or a false sense of security.
In the meantime, the number of traffic deaths in America has risen in recent years, after hitting an all-time low in 2014. Experts are trying to figure out why, and what to do to reverse the trend.
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I can vouch for modern cars being bigger and more dangerous to cyclists and pedestrians. I was struck by an SUV while out cycling! I couldn't lift my leg far enough up to avoid it snapping my ankle because the front of an SUV is taller than more traditional cars. A pedestrian wouldn't go over one, they would go under them!
Modern cars are multitudes safer than their older counterparts. Theres literally no argument to this........they just are.
@@williamhamilton9364 They were talking about the dangers to pedestrians, specifically from SUVs. Most car manufacturers only focus on the safety of the occupants
@@williamhamilton9364 nice way to show everyone you don’t understand basic physics
@@williamhamilton9364 - Thank you for your comment William. I have edited my post to better reflect that I was talking about cyclist and pedestrian safety. Cheers.
@@evilgamedev5736 Maybe language not physics. And autos are definitely safer with improved features for people within and without in different ways.
One reason that I bought my Volvo wagon was because it was very safe. The other was that they run forever.
I had a Honda Accord that I drove for over 309,000 miles and I walked away from an accident where an eighteen wheeler fell on top of my Accords’ roof crushing most of it.
Safety sure sells with me.
@Joscha Wexler 😂😂😂
Making every control touch screen is a safety risk. You have to take your eyes off the road and dig through endless menus just to find the control you're looking for. By the time you find it, you may have already run over a pedestrian.
I hear you, which is why we've developed touchscreen accelerator, brake, and steering wheels! Because, no matter how obvious the concern is, if we're talking about touchscreens, more is better, apparently.
Agreed. It's time for regulation to remove them from most vehicles. But people would HOWL.
Safety is always important. I'm glad that these technologies have become one of the main focuses of these companies. 👏
Neeeeeeeerd!!! Jk jk.. But seriously, why are you such a nerd!? 🙃
Safety is important for those outside of vehicles, some of the new cars being sold are taller and overall bigger. Kids, even young adults might compeletely be in a blind spot for the driver
I can vouch for modern cars being bigger and more dangerous. I was struck by an SUV while out cycling! I couldn't lift my leg far enough up to avoid it snapping my ankle because the front of an SUV is taller than more traditional cars. A pedestrian wouldn't go over one, they would go under them!
I know intelligent people that buy large vehicles out of fear, ensuring a spiral of idiocy into larger and heavier vehicles. As noted, these vehicles are more dangerous. They also destroy our roads at a much faster pace.
This is why I haven’t driven in years even though I have my license, can’t see since the a/b/c pillars create too many blind spots and literally have to have someone else with me while I am driving since there are that many blind spots in modern vehicles. Currently trying to save up to buy something from the late 60’s that has windows you can actually see out of and can make lane changes without someone else in the car and yes I am aware that older vehicles don’t have as many safety features as newer vehicles BUT don’t have dangerous blind spots and can literally block your view of pedestrians, road signs, and other vehicles. Seems like cars have progressed in some areas, but have taken steps back in others.
@@kylesmith4572they can't be that intelligent then 😂
Getting rid of SUVs would do a lot for vehicle safety
That would do absolutely nothing
@@williamhamilton9364 sure would
@@Lando-kx6so Would you get rid of trucks and buses too ? The driver is the problem.
@@rext8949 pick up trucks should only be commercial vehicles
Till this day, I still cannot understand people that turn their head complete 90 degrees (even more) for extended time just so they can see who a cop pulled over. What excitement am I missing here?
@Skynet you mean phantom traffic. Its basically caused by a delay in our own reflexes. We can't all speed up at exactly the same time, causing Phantom traffic. I think that's what its called. I could be wrong
Im for safety and full self driving (fsd) cars. But auto breaking on non fsd cars can be dangerous and annoying.
Once I was changing lanes on the freeway in a section with a slight uphill bend to avoid a car on first lane which was slowing down on the uphill, and the auto brake triggered and almost took out the 2 cars in the two lanes behind me and myself
I had to chuckle at the end of the video when they talked about aggressive driving- my kids and I see this awful driving everyday on the way to school and his theory (which seems accurate to me) is that luxury car drivers think that because they paid a lot of money the rules don’t apply to them. It’s not so much aggressive as it is entitled driving.
No discussion of the race to the bottom of bigger is safer which is leading to everyone driving 5000 plus pound tanks. Also there are times when automated braking and steering is actually more dangerous and those systems must always come with the option to turn them off. Those who track their cars need to be able to turn them off or those cars will get banned from such activities, ironically by insurance companies covering the organizations and instructors running those driving events.
Toyota & Honda and other foreign automakers have made several advanced safety features as standard equipment, yet the American automakers GM, Chrysler & Ford offer then as options or only on higher trims when they should be standard. These include pre-collision system with automatic breaking and pedestrian alert, lane departure alert/keeping, adaptive cruise control, sway alert and automatic headlights/high beams.
Imho as someone who drives 10x more than the average driver, EVs and adaptive cruise control are the safest features.
Car conversation needs to be updated to distinguish ICE from EV.
EVs have a low centre of gravity which greatly improves driving safety and performance.
Adaptive cruise control can be added to any car for $1000-$3000, if governments choose to divert funds to this device rather than driving safety departments, safety campaigns and all the indirect enforcement and health costs.
@@rotterred991 No, EVs have no ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), so battery packs, which are very easy to reshape, can place this heaviest part of the design at the bottom of the vehicle.
ICE engines are block shaped and will be above the wheel line, causing a swinging, wobbling effect.
Rather than making cars more safer they should make the roads more safer. Roads in the suburbs feels like a formula one track
Making the roads safer, as well as the drivers. Drivers are way too distracted today than before.
I have seen younger driver in newer cars with safety features.
They are so use to only using backup cameras and lane keep assists they are actively becoming worst drivers.
I test drove a car with lane keep assit and honestly it was awful. Maybe there was a way to turn it off. But it just kept beeping and beeping.
There's a place for this stuff but it seems meh...
No matter how safe a vehicle is it still will not correct stupidity
It definitely took some getting used to the lane centering technology in my Toyota. It was weird feeling the steering wheel turn while driving.
I have my Jeeps Patriot and Wrangler and I'm old school: I just cannot trust a car that tells me what to do.
I hope by the time my mom needs additional assistance in her older years, she'll still have a way to travel as public transportation isn't the best in this country. And older drivers having lapses of judgement or medical issues pose a huge risk to everyone. Would be even more cool if you could put something on the car that when it's started up, it sends a signal to a trusted second person (in my mom's case, that could be me) and so I'm aware she's gotten in the car and can monitor where she's going. I would say to maybe add remote disabling of the vehicle such as if they're trying to drive at night in the rain, but that might be rife for elder abuse.
Though that said, if we can get better with self-driving cars, this might not pose such a huge danger in the future. I could seriously do with having this myself as these conditions are my worst nightmare, especially when also combined with construction going on. When reflectors have been removed from the road and lanes have been erased or faded out, I have nearly collided with cars by riding too close to them because I can no longer tell where my lane is. Which...I'd love to see if Teslas can handle that scenario. I don't think I've ever seen anyone test it in a dangerous environment like that. Mid-sized cities like mine that are expanding with more roadways would be perfect for that kind of test.
Anywho...I'm just spitballing ideas here, they're not perfect, but I'm trying to think of how someone who is older can keep more of their independence, especially as things like frequent doctor's appointements or going grocery shopping might not be possible if someone's adult children have to work and can't take time off. Not eveyone can afford a homemaker, like my grandmother said she had and is looking for a new one after recently moving (my aunt helps her out as well).
Isn’t their limited number of words like videos limited :15 minutes
@@yongchen4158 Videos can be hours long now, you must watch only short-form content, lol. And while I'm sure there's some sort ov character limit, I've seen comments longer than mine, so I don't know what it is. There hasn't been a video or obvious character limit in like...ten years.
Man I love cars. It's pretty impressive what these safety-advocating groups and associations (and individuals!) have been able to make standard. I love people who push boundaries like this. Safety is one of those things that don't have any value until you absolutely depend on it.
It's crazy that you have such regressionist governments (Regan?? Trying to can crash testing?? Really???...wow). And you see these individuals today doing just that about fuel economy, emissions, battery technology implementation. Very happy there are some who can stand up and fight for progression.
Gotta say though, I do enjoy a car without any safety nannies, but no one wants to regret making a mistake when it can cost someone's life. I keep hearing the same argument about pedestrian safety on cars; "well pedestrians just have to be more vigilant and not jaywalk in front of a car if they don't want to die". Very true. But there's the aspect of little kids and toddlers who would easily walk through a row of parked cars to get to a park across the street without looking. This single reason is why you need to have some sort of crash avoidance system on these cars. Kids can be so fast and impulsive that a single moment of distraction from a parent can lead to a deadly consequence. More important than the speed limit in front of a park, school or residential zone is understanding the risks of driving next to tightly parked cars; that absence of view and the unpredictability of children.
Anyway, I'm all for safety. We can all pretend that we're never distracted, never make mistakes and are the finest pilots of our machines, but no matter how well trained, how experienced, how vigilant you are, you're going to make mistakes because you're human. It's nice that these machines can catch some (maybe one day all?) of them.
David and IIHS are doing amazing work! Go them! Go safety!
Imagine how bad people will end up driving if they go from one of these newer models that look out for you into a rental or a step down because of economic issues that they would think the car is handling things like situational awareness that it actually is not. Once drivers are no longer responsible for situational awareness they should not be considered drivers at all passengers. There are many folks who would prefer to ride rather than drive and I applaud them and hope they get their wishes in the interest of my own safety
Perhaps there will be specific licenses for those who can only use self-driving cars
I went from a car with auto braking etc to one with none. There was a very short adjustment period, and I NEVER fell into the trap of thinking my new car was watching out for me the way the old one was - it simply wasn’t possible because the new car just behaved differently with no beeps etc.
What was not mentioned, is that in the UK and Europe there is the Euro Ncap rating. (Cars are rated from 0 to 5 stars).
I'm not a fan of radar on cars and automatic emergency braking.
Today's cars are crazy safe with 60mph head on collisions being not just survivable but the people in the cars are not seriously injured, (fractured pelvis and broken shoulder-bone is mostly just painful and inconvenient, the squishy bits are kept safe). That insurance companies didn't push for car safety a lot earlier is weird.
I can take an example of the development in Norway, there were very few cars in Norway in the fifties and sixties, yet hundreds of children died each year in car crashes, in 2019 zero children died in car crashes. Zero fatalities in car accidents for some years is an achievable goal, which is just crazy to think about
Lane keep assist almost got me crushed by a semi-truck when he didn't see me and moved into my lane the car wanted pull me under the truck instead of going onto the median to the left. Automatic follow distance has also gotten me rear ended 2 times in rental cars by excessively panic breaking on the highway at 75 MPH. If you wear glasses the driver eye monitor always thinks you're not looking at the road and slows the car because it cannot see through glare bouncing off the lenses at times. I don't trust these new systems.
then....WHY ARE YOU USING IT?
I’ve seen many comments about truck drivers doing stupid things. So why aren’t these safety features mandatory on all trucks? Why are trucks even allowed to speed and travel at the same speed? Due to their sheer size I think they should be forced to drive a little slower than the maximum speed limit. It just makes sense.
@@josephj6521 trucks and buses are bigger and hence a deadlier prospect when it comes to braking and crashing due to their higher mass.
@@rext8949 true. That’s why they need to travel at slower speeds.
Lane keeping is only designed to keep you in the lane, not to get out of it if a truck is encroaching.
And the auto braking wouldn’t have happened if you weren’t getting too close to the car in front of you, at 75mph no less!
These features aren’t intended to make you a better driver. You still have to pay attention.
I was just thinking about this yesterday.. Car companies only talk about their safety features now.. Or their fuel economy... Pretty boring.. I want driving excitement!! I want my Pontiac!!
safety is so important, but one these high tech safety sensors will cost most folks a arm or leg, very expensive
And new tech makes it even safer! (low center of gravity, better crumple zones, super safe L5 self driving some day, no tank of poisonous fuel, no toxic exhaust).
One of the reasons why pedestrian deaths are up so much in the last couple years is because of how many SUVs are now on the road. This is in part due to SUVs having less stringent fuel economy standards, so automakers try to sell more of them. It is easier to make a 27 mile per gallon compact SUV than a 48 mile per gallon compact car.
It’s also because distracted driving (using phones etc) has increased.
AI + Driver is safer than just driver.
Not if it lulls or bores the driver to being distracted. See aircraft design for the best research and data on how automation can make things worse.
@@KevinGre the problem is that people need to sense danger to really pay attention. A lot can be implemented in road design to make roads safer. I used to be a believer in AI, but have since changed my opinion on it.
I don't think all AI is bad but I think over reliance on it too much. Things like stopping the car to avoid collision are amazing if they can potentially save lives, but the tech should improve on pir short comings and be minimally intrusive, like ABS or traction control. It should just sit there and only kick in when we need it. If the tech does too much, you become complacent, and that's never good.
9% of people still don't wear a seat belt?! That's crazy. I don't think I've ever seen someone in a car without one
I sadly see this with my dad and one friend. I don't get it.
@@baronvonjo1929 must be a generational thing
Radar based collision detection is the best approach.... atleast the drivers are paying attention, rather than fully dependent on automation
15:02 was that the guy of engineering explained?
That background sound is horrible... Sounds like a haptic feedback motor going off in a phone (IE Vibration)
12:20 "automated forward braking systems will prevent crashes from distracted drivers, sleepy drivers, and drunk drivers" all people that should NOT be driving whatsoever! I wish people in the US drove like people in Germany, including the autobahn.
I’ll stick to tss 2.5+ a system that works well and basically drives it self along side many other brands.
My first car is a Volvo XC60 t6 and for me it’s ridiculous as to why so many young drivers are buying death traps.
Thanks the to Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test, automakers have designed their cars safer to pass the crash today. Back in the early 2000s, some cars performed very poorly in these crash tests.
all these features are cool, but they need to be putting standards to make sure they function correctly. I had a Mazda cx5 2018 who's emergency breaking was VERY intrussive and was more dangerous than helpful as it would break suddenly while I changed lanes and such. I learned to drive in Europe and we just drive with closer distances and spaces there and that is how I drive in the US too and that would constantly trigger the emergency breaking on the Mazda.... SO DANGEROUS the situations it put me with since it required drivers in 2 lanes behind me to suddenly come to a complete stop
My 2006 Saturn Ion had automatic headlights. My wife's 2017 Mitsubishi outlander doesn't... 10k+ more than my Saturn and this little feature is missing from an 11 yr newer car?
It’s a cheap pos Mitsubishi can’t expect more.
why u buy a mitsubishi
Making these safety systems standard is making car prices even more expensive and causing people to stick with old and less safe cars. The average price paid for a new car these days is approaching $40,000; meaning these new systems are essentially a luxury of the rich.
15:02 looks familiar
As a driver who loves older vehicles due to driver involvement I’m very torn on these safety features. If I had to buy a new car I’d likely turn off most of these features. they just introduce more randomness because I’m always wondering what the computer wants to do instead of just driving. If they were fully optional great but I will not pay for all these fancy safety systems that I just don’t want. Working in industry showed me that drivers mostly don’t take driving as seriously as they should. I think the main problem comes down to poor driver education.
I have a similar take. I rented a 2020 Soul S while my 2004 Focus was being fixed. I liked the Lane Monitoring, but despised ALKA. I wanna steer myself thanks. So. I reduced it to ONLY lane monitoring. (I was impressed that it could very nearly drive itself as long as no traffic was around and had a clear view of the stripes)
I like BLIS (Blind Spot Information Systems), but I'm a racing driver. I'm supposed to look AHEAD more than anything. If you're gonna light up a mirror as a pre-warning, light up my dash, too. Just a casual yellow glow, So i know to actively watch instead of occasionally glance. And if I didn't look and signal, FLASH THAT DASH LIGHT RED, THE MIRROR LIGHT AND CHIME ME. Make me AWARE I'm not aware.
I like the idea of AEB. Some days, your reflexes just aren't at full capacity.
I love ABS. My 2004 Focus DOES NOT HAVE IT. But again racing driver, I can manage it better than most. Drivers these days really have no idea how not having ABS in an emergency situation has to change your reactions and modulation of the brake. If you lock up, you're making it worse - you can't steer and you're not stopping nearly as quickly just because your tires arent turning anymore. So you slow your reaction and in order to consider how much brake you should use for your speed, trajectory, and road conditions BEFORE you brake to make adequate use of your brakes and tires. Everyone's IMMEDIATE response in a panic brake is to apply FULL brake. Thats what you SHOULD do with ABS. That's the WORST thing without ABS.
Hell my 2004 doesn't even have tilt wheel or cruise control. The only power it's got is power windows. The only 'optional' feature it got blessed with was A/C.
My 2017 Focus is worlds more comfortable and safe. But it still lacks AEB or FCW. It also doesn't have BLIS but it did come with integrated blind spot mirrors. Something I added 4 of to the 2004 Focus. I don't HAVE to turn my head in the 2004. I intended it That way. I can be in insane traffic and still know whats to either side of me.
The only feature I wish my 2017 had IS AEB. I can manage with everything else without, but It would be a convenience thing for me.
Thanks to that 2004 though I can keep myself from being overly reliant upon modern tech
What about mom's safety braking arm? I got it the other day and I'm 40 😆
Quite simply: because of government mandates. Car manufacturers were required by law to include seat belts and air bags; meet certain crash test ratings. These regulations were fought but as time went on car makers buckled and started to market for safety.
Government regulation works.
Shh don’t tell anyone lol
All I see is Bureaucracy at its finest a hodgepodge of agencies overlapping each other taking tax payers money, crippling, innovation and raising prices.
Automatic stop is better than back up camera auto stop should be required not back up camera
I guess this is why car like the Yaris, Fiesta etc have been discontinued. I always thought the Festa Hatch was a good looking car but the idea of hitting even a Camry is... oof. Small cars look super unsafe. And the feeling of a CUV or SUV really makes people feel safer.
SUVs only give you the illusion of safety. Being in a fiesta or Yaris is only unsafe because of unsafe drivers in SUVs, but SUVs can also roll over very easy and they are terrible for the environment. Some of these vehicles are like driving around in a tiny house.
@@joemann7971 Idk. Of course this is just my perspective from what I've seen and I haven't looked it up. But I see lots of comments on TH-cam of people in subcompact cars and wreck amd get injured more than the other car.
I mean a Yaris looks like it would get destroyed vs a RAV4 or even a Camry. Which themselves aren't even large. As I said above.
And they do really make you feel safe. Getting into my friends Jeep Commander vs another's Fiesta is a world of difference.
@@baronvonjo1929 well, there is no doubt about it that a small will not handle an impact the same as a larger car. The bigger car will always win. Its just physics. The problem with the Yaris isn't that its small, but its that cars around it as big, but the advantage small cars have is that they won't flip over as easily as an SUV. So, you're not going to hear too many stories of a Yaris rolling over like you would with an SUV or a truck. So, depending on the situation, a vehicle can be safer or more dangerous. The sweet spot for safety is really more along the lines of a Camry, as you mentioned. They won't roll over easily, like the SUV, but they offer better safer than a Yaris. So, why not just get a Camry instead?
Not to mention, most cars within that that category also get very good fuel economy, decent overall safety, and so on. The only reason SUVs appear safer is because they tend to do better against things like pot holes, but we should really demand them to fix the roads instead of trying to fix it with a large vehicle.
Another advantage is that an SUV do better off road, but overall, its really a trade off. I guess if you get an SUV, and lower it, you would get the best of both except for the fuel economy.
I was just talking about this with someone. What’s the point of putting big screens and tech in a car when you want them to do the opposite (not using phones while driving and such) lol
In India some global car makers sell cars with shells and frame the thickness of coca cola cans. On the other hand, Indian car makers like TaTa and Mahindra are making safer cars.
New technology brings risk? What a bland title. Glad to see market interruption though.
My biggest concern is about how these technologies will perform with age. As today's cars become 15, 20, 30 year old cars in the future, will we see accidents as a result of things such as malfunctioning automatic emergency braking systems? What if it senses a car but there isn't one there and slams on the brakes, how often might this happen and would the car or driver be at fault if it causes an accident? Also, adding complex features and burying the controls deep in touch screen menus on some cars can be very distracting.
There are already many confirmed cases of cars stopping automatically due to a glitch, I would not want to know about what's going to happen in older cars with this technology...
Just add dash cams into every new car. Maybe of everyone is being recorded, fewer people will drive like idiots.
Not safer for the people outside of them.
0:04 4:21 6:21
15:02 I spy Jason from Engineering Explained
Looks like it!
Safety was an issue in the 70's but not so much in the 50's and 60's. This guy was out by 20 years.
Airbag safety video: th-cam.com/video/hEqFR4TzXjc/w-d-xo.html
Talking about safety, I expected the list with the most safe cars would also be shown... That being, the 4 safest cars are, all, Tesla. Almost conspicuous
Why there's John Cena in every picture?
Safer to rely on tech than emotional human drivers to follow the rules, regulators need to stop constraining self-driving technology
Not always. Its better to just get those emotional humans off the road. Personally, I would happy if all new cars can with built in dash cams. If people realize their actions are being recorded, they are less likely to drive stupid.
in the last two years drivers have gotten out of control, no concern for any one, in arizona, driving 90 in a 65 zone etc. deaths in car accidents are the worst in 40 years and the cars are very safe at proper speeds. thats why ill stay with my full size truck. when it comes to a bad accident size and weight makes all the difference in the outcome.
simple.. no one is looking at the road, so the cars need to be safer..
I'm all for continuing to advance crash protection for both occupants and pedestrians, but none of these active and passive safety systems are selling points for me. Computer systems in my opinion do not match up with an attentive driver, at least not yet. Weird things happen on the road in all kinds of conditions, and I'd rather be the one in control.
This is why CNBC instead of posting doom and gloom articles and videos about Tesla's FSD you should encourage them, yes the product is not mature but when it will thousands of lives will saved.
My wife's new car has all this junk on it. I turn it all off when I drive. It's very intrusive and annoying.
Don't get me wrong, they're good ideas, but it gives too much control to the computer and not to the driver .
Opening and reading the Owners Manual to learn how things Work and Operate. Learn before you review them too...
No such car that's safe.. it'll always depend on who and how its driven plus your time on earth
Cyclist and similar transportation need their own completely separate lanes. Mixing it with vehicles has been dangerous in the US.
only things i want:
ABS
Manual Transmission
RWD
lsd
Absolutely, anything but an open differential.
5:15 unbelted are responsible for half of all vehicle crash deaths.
So other half is belted.
What you mean to say buddy?🙃
My consultant is Stephen Bernard halterbeck, I found him on a CNBC interview where he was featured and reached out to him afterwards.
He has been of immense help since then.
Pedestrians should also pay attention to cars. Many people glue to their phones while crossing the streets expecting cars will stop for them. The problem is that some drivers are also the phones and may run the red lights.
@@Dimitris_Balf as a cyclist I get this all the time. "Doesn't matter who had right of way if you're dead". Obviously peds and cyclist should be aware of their surroundings but in my opinion, the one driving a giant metal box has the greater potential for harm and should be responsible for preventing it.
Thank you Volvo 🥰
In the 1970s when I became an auto mechanic the TV car commercials were all about the reliability of the vehicle. NOW its all about the toys that the cars have, these toys kept us working as long as the car was under warranty, when out of warranty most are not worth fixing. Retirement was great, the next generation can carry on replacing the toys.
Drivers have been getting worse since backup cameras were standard since 2015. Though I am a fan of the blindspot monitors because most people dont check their mirrors anyways, its stopped me from getting cut off plenty of times.
Are you sure? I remember some people just wouldn't look when backing up before the cameras were standard
Because looking over your shoulder provides a better view than a camera!?
@@brittgayle467 yes. Lol
@@YourAssAintSafe that’s completely false. Cameras have a wider view.
How hard is to look round your vehicle and over shoulder .
Another problem is the terrible driving standards in the US , its not surprising when you just have to drive round the block for 10 mins and the examiner will even help you . Theres not enough in your driver education to teach defensive driving , situational awareness , spacial awareness etc
Not a word on speed?? Come on… what a puff piece. Why can any street legal car go faster than 80mph in the US? Why with goefencing and sign reading cameras do cars even speed at all?? Shameful.
I can’t wait for self driving cars. I do love driving myself, but there’s too many idiots on the road! This will save lives. Over 90% of accidents are due to human error.
tesla FSD will save millions of lives
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All well and dandy but a chunk of the general public rely too heavily on an automaker producing a safer “better” product. Just because a vehicle has more equipment doesn’t make it safer.
A vehicle is only as good as the person operating it. If everyone drove defensively on the road in 1922 or 2022, we wouldn’t need excess safety equipment that increases the price of the vehicle and overall costs of ownership i.e. insurance rates
That’s simply delusional. No one is at peak performance/attention 100% of the time. And if a car is more difficult to handle in a crisis even an attentive driver is more likely to crash.
Volvo is the king of safety period
Super annoying background music
Republicans be like not wearing seatbelt is our choice
because new tech brings risk cnbc and gang will make cars like they made fifty years ago to save you and microchips
lol 😂
Guess the evolution of humans makes them dumber and lazier.
As impressive as the safety technology is, a lot of it is unnecessary and should remain as an option. Not mandated by the government or by the automaker. Makes the vehicle more expensive with all these safety features.
Keep the basics, but exclude driver assistant features. Most of these "features" are more likely to get someone into an accident.
Blind spot monitor should be mandatory.
or you could do a shoulder check and have spacial awareness 😂
Was there anything good that came out of the Reagan administration?
No
Hackers: Lets hack them and cause thousands of car accident at once 😈. Anyone ever thought of that?
Agree, there is no such thing as unhackable for any electronics and technology. Be careful no technology is immune from hackers.
Why even mention the biased consumer reports?
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The economy hardship, recession, unemployment and the loss of job caused by govt and covid pandemic is enough to push people into financial ventures. I'm taking a trip into investing because I lost so much during this pandemic.multi creation of wealth is the best strategy to ensure financial sustainability..
"Call on the Lord in the day of trouble,
and he will deliver you "
Psalm 50: 15
GM's goals sound extremely "ambitious". The truth is Tesla is the safest vehicle because of their technology making Tesla ahead of the game.
Breaking news :500K Teslas recalled !
Fsd beta is already better than most human drivers. 10.10.2 is the current software. look up some videos if you don't believe me.
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