Not specific to Prius, Hybrid, or EV specifically, but related to radar cruise, lane departure, blind spot monitoring systems, and some possible negative impacts: How new safety technology might actually be making our driving worse | CTV News
I was hoping the new technology helped not hurt. We have very bad traffic in Wash DC area, which seems to me almost 100% related to accidents clogging up traffic. If we could stop the rear end type collisions, maybe traffic improves? That's my hope. But I think they could also consider other ways to reduce accidents and possibly reduce the impact of accidents (like maybe not closing road for 6 hours for investigation).
Yeah, that just seems to be getting worse all the time. And couldn't they just close a lane or two, at least keep it compact? They must have foreseen that issue, removed the valve stems. Or would they? You need to think about these things, just in case you get locked out of your spacecraft by a paranoid computer, and you didn't take your helmet...
I can see how that article makes sense, but my Gen 4 won't keep me safe from the cowboys around here. I don't have BSM, so I've got to do the over the shoulder looks. There are a bunch of unsupervised little kids that play in the parking lot where I live and too many scary people that drive right behind people when they back out of parking spots, so I don't depend on the backup camera. LKA is on to nag me, and the city has Botts dots on all the roads, so there's hardly an excuse for me not to use the turn signal. TSS-P is a tool. And not all problems are solved by it. Many times, accidents are caused by PEBSAW (problem exists between seat and wheel) errors. As far as Teslas in space... Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
Mercedes Benz is developing intelligent headlights.. Mercedes is building smarter headlights for its cars of the future
Recently I video recorded as light rain, lane change event. It was a non-event because I was practicing previous driving behaviors. But what if I was training a 16 year old? I would smash the fingers on anyone throwing dirt on these new technologies but I realize the risk. I do not expect new technology to come perfect but to be perfectable. One step at a time and ‘lessons learned.’ Bob Wilson
You don't have to do the over the shoulder thing, you can use an add-on aspheric (curved) mirror, something like this. Having used whole mirror aspheric replacement mirrors on a prior car for 5 years, I never found a single downside and don't understand why car makers don't install them as standard or offer them as an option.
Yeah I've been thinking about that off-and-on. That reminds me, lol: off-topic, but how's the hand doing, post dog bite? Healing up?
I have a couple of similar mirrors to try, but I've been waiting for warmer weather and a chance to wash the interior glass. Thank you for the link, I'll keep it for reference in case what I have doesn't work as well as I'd like. I still think I'd look over my shoulder, just in case. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
That's funny I put the Telsa comment in the wrong thread, and it almost worked here anyways...sorry for the diversion...now I got to put it where it belongs
Technology certainly can develope an intelligent lighting system, but that will never compensate for the unintelligent driver in the other vehicle.
I recall seeing on here an international Toyota, perhaps Prius, that had the right side mirror split so the lower half was designed like that. Many times a solution to an issue gets designated as required without allowing for a differing solution to get approved as equivalent. We have the curved right side mirror but that is not likely the optimal solution.
It will never compensate for the unintelligent driver in that vehicle either. Unintelligent drivers are too resourceful.
Not sure why, but I often harken back to my drafting in engineering office days: we would keep stick files of of reference and record drawings, old revisions whatever, in stick racks. The rack would get overloaded, there'd be a clamour to get another rack or two. Trouble was: no matter how many you had, they invariably filled up to overflowing again, back to status quo. This is what I'm talking about: Well, these are pro ones. As often as not we just had cobbled ones, made from particle board, served the same purpose.
Why is it that every new technology is a double edge sword. Take the cell phone for example, they have saved many lives and have taken many.
