[BenLurkin]

What could go wrong?

[Conservative4Ever]

Yeah, I was thinking all is going swimmingly until the auto breaks activate you come to an abrupt stop and the car behind you slams into you, rear ending you. Indeed what can go wrong?

[DustyMoment]

Volvo is starting to make the “SmartCar” more appealing.

This is just a bad idea that will kill sales.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Imagine a squirrel running out in front of your car. You're doing 55...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Smart cars are for stupid drivers.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Smart cars are for stupid drivers.

[jiggyboy]

“Now I can drive a little faster and be a little less attentive, because I know my Volvo will stop itself if necessary.”

It will be like how ABS brakes reduced the number of accidents for a while until people started to depend on them to cover for their own reduced driving skills.

[svcw]

hum?
So what about the guy who ran out of gas, is walking down the freeway, will the car stop?
How does the car tell the difference between someone walking or biking in the bike lane that runs parallel to the car’s lane?

[techcor]

So when car jackers want to make sure you don’t drive off with your own car, they’ll pick this car?

[VoiceOfBruck]

Bruck’s prediction: this will kill more people than it saves.

[albie]

This will be especially dangerous in the country where there’s limited road space and wild life everywhere.

[Buckeye McFrog]

What could go wrong?

Oh, I dunno....a malfunction on the Santa Monica Freeway at rush hour causing a 68 car pileup and about a dozen fatalities?

[MeganC]

What if I *WANT* to run someone down? Can I disable this feature on the fly?

[Wings-n-Wind]

What could go wrong?

************

[robotic voice]....

Please remain calm....
Nothing can go wrong....
...go wrong....
...go wrong....
...go wrong....

***********

[Sunshade driver-cam recording]...

Knowledgeable drivers searching for the spring-loaded red-guarded switch labelled:
OVERRIDE/INHIBIT

[Caipirabob]

Future movie scene: target drives new nanny state vehicle. Hit man tosses out mannequin doll and stops vehicle dead in its tracks...opens fire...

[wolfman23601]

Let’s hope it goes better than their Electronic Throttle Module fiasco in the 99-01 vehicles. I won’t be their beta test group this time.

[null and void]

A way for bad people to safely stop you and rob you? Works perfectly...

[Gay State Conservative]

My car has a feature which,with the use of several sensors (? including radar),will partially apply (in some emergency cases) or fully apply (in other cases) the brakes.I’ve never figured out the exact details but it sounds worthwhile.In fact,a guy on an enthusiast board I frequent says that that system deployed in a really bad situation he found himself in and he said it worked beautifully and that he’s now a firm believer in the technology.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Can’t wait to see how this ‘slam on the brakes’ system works on snow and ice.

Or maybe I can wait.

[Vinnie]

A friend has a Volvo SUV. It will apply the brakes if he comes up on the back of a car, wall etc.
Guess this is a refinement to smaller objects.

[capt B]

In NYC the car will be stopping every 10 ft