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truedelphi

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30. I would really like to see requirements that the car sales people tell you about the damn car.

Thu May 28, 2015, 02:47 AM

May 2015

We just bought a Prius, and it was only due to meeting other Prius owners that we learned about many aspects of the car.

Like for one thing, our car does not have the underbody metal or plastic sheeting. Some models have it; others don't.

What is the big Whoop? Well, if we had gone to a party that was taking place two miles up an unpaved road, we might well have harmed various components of the car, due to not having that protective sheath.

And in a situation like this one, with the Volvo, where you think your car has this self-parking feature, and you only find out after your car has killed people that more was needed, what then?

Our car sales man had talked endlessly about our need to pay for "replacement insurance" so it is not like he didn't have the time to include a bit about the features. He had the time, but he couldn't be bothered.

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Self-parking Volvo ploughs into journalists after owner neglects to pay for extra feature. [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2015 OP

Do they charge extra for cars with brake pedals? nt Xipe Totec May 2015 #1

lol! LuvNewcastle May 2015 #44

Of COURSE you have to pay extra for the "don't mow down innocent pedestrians" feature. Nye Bevan May 2015 #2

Its most likely expense, the auto-stopping feature was initially designed to avoid hitting... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #22

I would really like to see requirements that the car sales people tell you about the damn car. truedelphi May 2015 #30

x 2 Omaha Steve May 2015 #50

K&R! n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #78

Subaru Eyesight... Agschmid May 2015 #66

Exactly, when installed, these systems seem to work quite well. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #67

What's a CD player? Agschmid May 2015 #68

My 9 year old daughter has never played a CD or DVD. Nye Bevan May 2015 #71

Fuck that! I'd pay extra for the "mow down journalists remotely" feature! Warren DeMontague May 2015 #28

The new Sean Penn model n/t gelsdorf May 2015 #47

Perfect! nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #55

Earth to Volvo. If you are going to make cars "Self driving" you cannot make "pedestrian avoidance" yellowcanine May 2015 #70

This is why self-driving cars are BS. Daemonaquila May 2015 #3

Oh my God, you have to be kidding, of course there will be self driving cars! Nt Logical May 2015 #4

How is this an example of that? Joe the Revelator May 2015 #5

Would you really trust self driving vehicles to be 100% bug free? AZ Progressive May 2015 #7

Do I trust human drivers to be 100% bug free? PowerToThePeople May 2015 #8

More so than the current texting, phone talking masses? Yes. nt Joe the Revelator May 2015 #13

No, do I expect them to be a lot better than human drivers, fuck yes! n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #19

They'll certainly kill fewer than the 32,000 Americans human drivers kill each year (nt) Recursion May 2015 #27

Parking is part of driving. So self parking is also self driving. yellowcanine May 2015 #72

Google cars have driven over 1.7 million miles and only 11 accidents occurred. Quixote1818 May 2015 #23

There would hae been more accidents but human "co-pilots" stepped in to avoid them Tom Rinaldo May 2015 #61

And just how fast are those Google cars going? Art_from_Ark May 2015 #74

Huh? Because human drivers are doing a good job? Recursion May 2015 #25

I bet many naysayers back during the Wright Brothers' time yeoman6987 May 2015 #32

LOL trumad May 2015 #48

It's not the concept self driving cars that's the problem, IMO kcr May 2015 #73

Lets spread this video, why self driving cars should not be permitted. AZ Progressive May 2015 #6

The car killed off carriage drivers Joe the Revelator May 2015 #15

Thats a very ignorant way of seeing things AZ Progressive May 2015 #37

The video is an example of HUMAN stupidity, not a failure of the technology. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #20

Yeah, well, humans are building the automation technology AZ Progressive May 2015 #34

I will say, once tested and vetted, I will trust the machine more than humans... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #63

Down with wheat threshing machines! Down with windmills! Recursion May 2015 #26

Look what the Industrial Revolution is doing to the planet? We're killing life on earth... AZ Progressive May 2015 #35

I have a very good idea of how advanced automation is going to get Recursion May 2015 #36

Good luck convincing the puritan work ethic based Capitalists about that AZ Progressive May 2015 #38

I'm right and they're wrong. They get wronger every day. Recursion May 2015 #39

Nailed it Jesus Malverde May 2015 #52

This video only shows that we are not 100% ready yet Travis_0004 May 2015 #43

I agree. I can see multi-car pileups. I can see dead people. As a senior technologist, RKP5637 May 2015 #77

Perhaps it's just me, but....... WillowTree May 2015 #9

How much pedestrian detection functionality does your non-self-driving car have? Recursion May 2015 #29

Mine actually does have a minimal amount of pedestrian detection functionality. WillowTree May 2015 #54

And by the way....... WillowTree May 2015 #56

Mine beeps JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #57

Thanks, Willow Tree. I totally agree. n /t truedelphi May 2015 #31

Huge Bug !!! WillyT May 2015 #10

And it's not even a Beetle. nt Xipe Totec May 2015 #49

The people that chose to stand right in front of the car aren't that bright. Renew Deal May 2015 #11

Clearly, it is the pedestrians who should pay for it instead jberryhill May 2015 #12

Mostly, I'm amused at the posters that conflate a self-parking car with a self-driving car. Chan790 May 2015 #14

It's been awhile since my drivers test... lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #16

Jeff...three questions. Chan790 May 2015 #18

The mental gymnatics in this thread are amazing to behold! Rex May 2015 #59

It's supposed to be a self stopping car, of other vehicles NOT people. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #65

That sounds so stupid, I can believe it. The title says self-parking...no shit it does. Rex May 2015 #69

hopefully no.one was seriously hurt Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #17

Bruises no serious injuries. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #24

More and better trains all around, Ron Green May 2015 #21

Driver was hitting the gas! My Pet Goat May 2015 #33

BTW, this reminds me of an attempt to automate Rapid Transit in the 1970's AZ Progressive May 2015 #40

I've lived In the Bay Area 15 years and didn't know that. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #42

Edited. Alkene May 2015 #41

Except this was the driver's fault entirely whatthehey May 2015 #62

It's a feature, not a bug. JVS May 2015 #45

Still not as bad as this Prius... GreatGazoo May 2015 #46

Vulvas don't hurt people, cheap Vulva owners hurt people underpants May 2015 #51

DUZY...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #53

Are we sure the car did not just decide to take out a few humans for S&G? Rex May 2015 #58

Ooopsie! Then I guess it is NOT a self parking car! Rex May 2015 #60

The Volvo is the proper name for the exterior parts. Orrex May 2015 #64

"a special feature known as �pedestrian detection functionality�, which costs extra"?! KamaAina May 2015 #75

Once upon a time people had the brains to look for pedestrians and to park a car. Now, RKP5637 May 2015 #76