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>Unfortunately, modern regulations forbid manufacturers from easily making a "dumb car". This is not true.
by sjg007 5y ago
>Unfortunately, modern regulations forbid manufacturers from easily making a "dumb car".
This is not true.
- nomuthetart 5y agoIt is true as of 2018: https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/driver-assistance-technologies https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/driver-assistance-technologi... Does NHTSA recommend rearview video systems? Yes. As of May 2018, NHTSA requires this lifesaving technology on all new vehicles. We recommend you look for RVSs that meet NHTSA’s performance specifications when shopping for a vehicle.
- OldHand2018 5y agoThe actual requirement is a series of rear visibility tests that are done on a vehicle through the full range of seat adjustability. A rear view camera allows any vehicle to meet the regulation regardless of vehicle styling and design. They are cheap, too. But they are not strictly required. Your average 1980s sedan probably would meet the requirement as long as it had mirrors on the driver and passenger side. Here is the regulation: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.111 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.111
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoYou're not wrong but in practice they're all but required because the corner that fuel economy and cabin strength requirements box you into is a corner with really high belt-lines and really poor visibility. You couldn't build something that's the shape of a 1990s sedan today.
- lozaning 5y agoIn the US, it's absolutely true as of May 2018. https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/driver-assistance-technologies https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/driver-assistance-technologi...
- sjg007 5y agoA backup camera does not make a car smart.
- tremon 5y agoSee https://globalcar.com/11-car-safety-systems-to-become-mandatory-by-2021/ https://globalcar.com/11-car-safety-systems-to-become-mandat... . I won't list them all, just the non-dumb features: - Alcohol interlock installation facilitation and attention detection - Emergency stop signal (aka autonomous braking) - Intelligent speed assistance (aka adaptive cruise control) - Lane keeping assist - Reversing camera or detection system All these systems require the car to be aware of its surroundings, i.e. require some "intelligence" in the control systems.
- bigiain 5y agoYou’re right that those sort of rules require some kind of “smarts”. None of them seem to require recording or log files.