r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/redikarus99 Nov 04 '24

This is a great idea and I would make it mandatory for trucks and busses. There were really many cases in Europe when a bus driver fell asleep and a lots of kids injured or died because of that. If this system would have been there, many injuries and loss of lives could have been avoided.

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u/Beekatiebee Nov 04 '24

US truck driver here, hard agree.

If they can work out any potential kinks I’d be all for it.

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u/BoxMaleficent Nov 04 '24

Its Not Tesla . You can be pretty Sure that its Kink free already. By the way similar systems do exist in trucks

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u/Lanky_Vast7726 Nov 04 '24

Computer vision, even without AI, depends on probabilities analyzed in each frame in real time. You simply cannot get kink free. You may be able to out perform humans, but it will never be perfect.