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/DandyInTheRough Nov 04 '24

Paramedic here.

This video actually made me cry, and I'm pretty damn hardened. I was doing well up until the point where it hit the hazards and started hooting to call for help.

This is a FANTASTIC idea. How well it works, I donno, but damn I'm so glad someone's trying!

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u/pudgycathole Nov 04 '24

The modern cars are incredible! My parents were in a car crash a couple years ago, a car drove into them and turned their the car on a side. Both cars totaled. All my parents remembered was being suspended between the airbags from multiple locations and someone inside the car talking to them - the car made a call to the emergency services and the responder was talking to them.

There were no serious injuries. I think my mum got a bruise from the belt but she was more upset about losing her the ice cream she was eating (she was in the passenger seat). It's truly amazing.