Detecting Big Things

[Boink]

Volvo S90/V90 Large Animal Detection
No, this is not a high-tech mobile gadget to help hunters locate game, rather it’s a new safety system available in the Volvo S90 sedan and V90 wagon that can help motorists avoid hitting deer, elk and other animals in their paths. An extension of the automaker’s City Safety system that will automatically brake to avoid colliding with other cars, pedestrians, and bicyclists at slower speeds, it can identify large animals who are standing alongside the road or slowly walking across it, warn the driver, and apply the brakes if necessary to avoid a carrion catastrophe.


Very tactful not to have mentioned road-side fat-guys too. :highly_amused:

 

[Darwin]

So instead of hitting an animal I get rear ended by the jerk tailgating me. Lose-lose situation no matter how you look at it.

 

[JPSmit]

Nice, we were in England and our rental car which had an object detection system. The roads were so narrow the bushes beside the road kept setting it off.

 

[DrEntropy]

So instead of hitting an animal I get rear ended by the jerk tailgating me. Lose-lose situation no matter how you look at it.

I don't want a car that thinks it's better at judging a situation than I am.

 

[Darwin]

That why I like older cars. No computers to screw things up. I get to have all the fun of screwing it up by myself and believe me I am good at screwing up.

 

[Boink]

I don't want a car that thinks it's better at judging a situation than I am.

And I certainly don't want a car judging ME! :highly_amused:

 

[DrEntropy]

HOO-Ahhh!!!

 

[GregW]

And I certainly don't want a car judging ME! :highly_amused:

That's been around for a while now. Comes in the form of a dongle the insurance companies hand out.

 

[DrEntropy]

With G.P.S. and keeping record of travel.

"RUN!!!"