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Are there placebo buttons in regular cars? Why would self driving cars have this as a feature? Especially whoever is paying for the car which would have to pay
by zitterbewegung 10y ago
Are there placebo buttons in regular cars? Why would self driving cars have this as a feature? Especially whoever is paying for the car which would have to pay money for this useless feature.
- MichaelGG 10y agoThe additional cost is negligible. Current cars don't need placebo buttons because you can drive aggressively yourself. Current cars do have placebos though. Some newer sports cars would play engine sounds thru the speakers to make users feel more power.
- HappyTypist 10y agoAlso electric cars by law are required to play engine sounds because they're so quiet otherwise
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoOutside the cabin, to protect pedestrians. That's not a placebo.
- taneq 10y agoThat is so very Brave New World.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoWell, there are certainly buttons that do things that have little real-world impact on the car. Like on high-end German cars you get seven different levels of ride stiffness etc. that can be selected. Classic example: https://youtu.be/gRwR1WH0rR8 https://youtu.be/gRwR1WH0rR8
- allendoerfer 10y agoThe second part also shows a counter example.
- MertsA 10y agoAs far as placebo effects in cars, a lot of newer cars are putting in "sound enhancing" tubes to pipe sound into the cabin from the engine bay to make the car sound more powerful. VW went so far as to actually play engine noises out of the speakers regardless of if the stereo was on.