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> driver aids have been implicated in causing more severe winter accidents, eg. this [1] 100-car pile-up in Sweden a few years back. The linked article, AFAICT
by deathanatos 11y ago
> driver aids have been implicated in causing more severe winter accidents, eg. this [1] 100-car pile-up in Sweden a few years back.
The linked article, AFAICT, doesn't implicate driver aids in the accident, at all. (It's a rather short article, and the video doesn't mention anything about driver aids either.) Am I missing something?
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoI couldn't find anything in English, but local media had discussions along these lines at the time, with incident responders blaming ESP systems. They had ambulances with flashing lights being hit by new cars coming to the scene of the accident, i.e. it didn't happen within just a few seconds; in this case it's apparent that drivers were oblivious to just how bad the conditions were. I'm not saying ESP is a bad thing, mind you. The technical system works well and has reduced accidents overall, this is proven in several studies. There's been a few faulty ESP systems causing accidents, e.g. the Audi A3 and the Alfa Romeo Spider around '05 (fixed in recalls), but overall it's a success. But the more abstractions you put between the car and the driver, the more your run the risk of drivers ignoring, or not being aware of, bad conditions. Educating users about proper operation of any system is notoriously difficult.