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2023-06-03 Science & Technology

NHTSA moves to mandate automatic emergency brakes in all new vehicles

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Our two-year old car has such a system, which warned me when I got too close to another vehicle.

The good new was the insurance rate went down for the newer newer car, because 'all the safety features make it harder to get into an accident'.

Posted by Bobby 2023-06-03 08:22|| 2023-06-03 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 NHTSA estimates that the feature's availability will save 360 lives

Meanwhile...
Mapping despair: Countries with the highest suicide rates in the world REVEALED (and America and Britain's positions might shock you... for the opposite reasons)

"Loneliness was recently declared an epidemic in the US, with the US surgeon general warning it is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day."

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-03 09:54|| 2023-06-03 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile there are reports that the automatic braking feature is going off in class 8, (OTR tractors) when no situation requires it. So far no accidents resulted but bring looked into

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-06-03 10:13|| 2023-06-03 10:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The idiots I see drafting behind semis to get a few more miles out of their battery charge deserve this.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-03 10:23|| 2023-06-03 10:23|| Front Page Top

#5 I just spent a grand on my anti-lock brake system. Driving down the highway at 55 and the anti-lock decided to turn itself on. Damn near wrecked. Had to replace all sensors, calipers, brake pads, and one ball joint. When I was driving a taxi for CSX the taxis had this system. I never had a problem with it but I never needed it, either.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-06-03 11:41|| 2023-06-03 11:41|| Front Page Top

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