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Driver assistance - a better approach to road safety than PPE?

by hawkinspeter
Sun, Apr 15, 2018 10:28
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Apparently, this is "The most significant development since the safety belt".

From the  BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43752226

However, the article is mainly interested in car occupant safety and there has been one particularly notable incident involving an XC90 and a pedestrian although Uber had disabled Volvo's system (probably not fair to count it as a problem with the Volvo).

Personally, I can't wait until we have robots taking over from inattentive hoomans.

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hawkinspeter replied to don simon fbpe | 6 years ago
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don simon wrote:

hughw wrote:

don simon wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Duncann wrote:

brooksby wrote:

I've never understood those small commercial vehicles you see around which have a sticker on the back explaining that they are speed limited to 70 mph... I mean: of course they are limited to 70 mph, that's the national speed limit!

You must be a very law-abiding citizen!

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I haven't driven a car for over a year now but I think, yes, pretty much

Pretty sure I've never broken the speed limit in my years driving.

Have no points on my licence.

(smug=OFF)

I don't see the relationship between never breaking the speed limit and no points. For the record I drive like a twat and had a clean licence for over 30 years, that's a high mileage driver too.

In response to lower speed limits, I don't see how that wouldn't work. The A9 up through that there Scotland is limited and uses average-speed cameras, the drive is none the worse and if anything more relaxing.

 

I recently drove down the A9 behind a gentleman driving a Nissan Qashqai, who would drive at 60 - 65 in the single carriageway sections, then at the average speed camera brake hard and slow down to 40-50, before accelerating back to 60 (or 70 for the dual carriageway).

This was extremely un-relaxing, as I had cruise control set to 60, and trying to drive greenly.

I'll let you work out what you were doing wrong, shall I?

Is it driving in Scotland?

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zero_trooper | 6 years ago
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Reading the article, it is almost too good to be true. I was aware of AEB, but not how successful it has been. Presumably with improving technology effective pedestrian/cyclist/animal AEB could become a reality. Can't believe that insurance companies, or DoT for that matter, aren't pushing harder for it.

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hawkinspeter replied to zero_trooper | 6 years ago
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zero_trooper wrote:

Reading the article, it is almost too good to be true. I was aware of AEB, but not how successful it has been. Presumably with improving technology effective pedestrian/cyclist/animal AEB could become a reality. Can't believe that insurance companies, or DoT for that matter, aren't pushing harder for it.

It's probably too early for the insurance companies to be convinced as they'd be betting a lot of money on the outcome and it's still a new technology. Give them 5 years or so and someone might make a special machine assisted policy.

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Rich_cb | 6 years ago
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I think that if AEB really does prevent about 10% of all collisions then it should be mandatory on all new vehicles.

If the system can be improved to recognise pedestrians and cyclists then it could hugely reduce casualty rates.

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don simon fbpe | 6 years ago
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Bastard Volvo drivers!

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