Now that vehicle manufacturers are automating cars and trucks what fears are to be had? Are they just a danger waiting for the robotic takeover or just a useful tool for keeping our drivers safe?
There is a common fear that automation will fail and cause car crashes or accidents. Now as the technology gets better with more error correction that worry still looms in the back of our mind but is being calmed by the new safety measures. For example, Tesla will require the driver to be coherent about where the car is. The car requires them to interact every once in a while to continue. If a driver isn’t responding tesla will slow and activate 4 way Hazzard flashers and pull over if possible. But they will also disable the car’s “auto-pilot” for the trip.
A nice thing about some of the new vehicles safety measures is it will help keep the roads a safer place. Some of the newer features are lane assist, parking assist, blind spot detection, and automatic braking.
The lane assist is nice because it alerts you when you are getting close to the lane lines. The parking assist can help save the issues of parallel parking. The blind spot detection constantly watches your blind spots for vehicles and warns you if they are there when you are wanting to change lanes. The automatic braking is a great feature so it can respond faster that the human could and stop so you don’t hit the car in front of you or a kid.
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