Posted on 03/21/2019 9:45:27 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Volvo is very committed to the idea of ending all fatalities in cars it builds, and it’s even willing to watch you like a hawk and snitch on you to make that happen. Volvo announced today it will employ in-car cameras to detect when a driver is drunk or distracted, and its cars will take specific actions when such a system is detected. I suspect you can also trigger the system by just driving like a loon, but I guess we’ll just have to see.
The system Volvo is proposing will be introduced on all “next-gen, SPA2-based vehicles,” referring to Volvo’s the second generation of the company’s modular platform, the first generation of which already underpin the company’s bigger cars like the S60 and XC90. The SPA2 cars will include internal cameras focused on the driver that will:
“...monitor for erratic driver behavior – such as a lack of steering input, closed or averted eyes, weaving across lanes – and assistance systems will intervene when necessary.”
The proposed interventions include audiovisual warning signals, reducing the car’s speed, alerting the Volvo on Call assistance service, and finally actively taking control of the car to pull it over and park it safely as quickly as possible.
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Basically, how well will this work? Will it deliver a lot of annoying false positives if I have allergies and keep sneezing or am dancing in my seat because Radar Love came on? Will driving while being constantly watched and monitored be something I even want, just conceptually?
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I’ve only know male owners.
Gonna be a lot of owner-trashed Volvos burning on the roadsides....
Volvo is owned by the Chinese, now does the camera make sense?
It’s built by the Chinese
All of the male owners of Volvo’s I have known bought the cars for their wives.
Ive got a feeling that Volvo has forseen this
and probably such an action would disable
the car.
Yes there are certain cars that are girl cars, according to we women. Volvo SUV, Mercedes SUV, Volkwagen beetle are girl cars. No self-respecting male should be in one.
First they say their cars will be locked-out of being able to do over 112mph, now this.
Screw Volvo. No one wants a nanny state car.
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