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Old 10-25-2017, 11:35 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Good post, Xist!

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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
It's the ones that conceal themselves behind trees & bushes, and dash out in front of you at the last possible second.
Yep, the animals with death wishes are the tricky ones!

In all seriousness, it seems they're still working on getting the cars to respond consistently to stationary targets, small or large:



But the capabilities of this automatic/predictive safety stuff will only get better and better.

I drove a neighbour's car with "cross traffic alert" and was pleasantly surprised. It would vibrate part of the seat so the appropriate butt cheek would tingle if there was danger lurking in the blind spot when reversing or when activating the turn signal.

(So I drove around with my turn signals on constantly! Thank you. I'm here all week.)

Since we're all above average drivers, I'm sure none of us needs this stuff. But everyone else should have it.
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