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I'm still too nervous to hand driving control over to AI (from any vendor), but one thing I wish existed was a system that passively monitored my driving and ga

I'm still too nervous to hand driving control over to AI (from any vendor), but one thing I wish existed was a system that passively monitored my driving and gave me safety feedback. Like if I got into a near-collision, the system would tell me what I could have done earlier to avoid the risky situation to begin with. Does anything like this exist for consumers?

dheatov 1y ago
Sounds like a neat idea and potential fit with certain niche market. But I would be surprise if the answer is not just drive slower in most of the cases. In that case do you still want more specifics like brake timing? Optimal speed given current traffic condition, visibility, and curvature?
- mtlynch 1y ago
  Stuff like that but also near misses. Like, "you cut off another car and they had to slam the brakes." There are also subtle precautions that not everyone knows. For example, I was taught that when waiting for traffic to clear for a left turn (in the US and other right hand driving countries), I should keep the wheel straight until immediately before I accelerate. That way, if someone rear ends me, I go forward rather than left into oncoming traffic. I suspect there are other techniques like that that I'm not aware of.
  - dheatov 1y ago
    Owh that's kinda cool, Ive never thought of that. Perhaps Im constrained by my thoughts, but I think for it to be practical it requires detecting driver's intention, which seems difficult to achieve by using only vehicular sensors data.
AStonesThrow 1y ago
This system is known to my father as “marriage”
- mock-possum 1y ago
  r/boomershumor is that way
fkyoureadthedoc 1y ago
> but one thing I wish existed was a system that passively monitored my driving and gave me safety feedback Most cars with these features also have features where they will beep/vibrate at you if you're going outside of the lane or it seems like you're going to have a collision.

dheatov 1y ago

Sounds like a neat idea and potential fit with certain niche market. But I would be surprise if the answer is not just drive slower in most of the cases. In that case do you still want more specifics like brake timing? Optimal speed given current traffic condition, visibility, and curvature?

mtlynch 1y ago
Stuff like that but also near misses. Like, "you cut off another car and they had to slam the brakes." There are also subtle precautions that not everyone knows. For example, I was taught that when waiting for traffic to clear for a left turn (in the US and other right hand driving countries), I should keep the wheel straight until immediately before I accelerate. That way, if someone rear ends me, I go forward rather than left into oncoming traffic. I suspect there are other techniques like that that I'm not aware of.
- dheatov 1y ago
  Owh that's kinda cool, Ive never thought of that. Perhaps Im constrained by my thoughts, but I think for it to be practical it requires detecting driver's intention, which seems difficult to achieve by using only vehicular sensors data.

AStonesThrow 1y ago

This system is known to my father as “marriage”

mock-possum 1y ago
r/boomershumor is that way

fkyoureadthedoc 1y ago

> but one thing I wish existed was a system that passively monitored my driving and gave me safety feedback Most cars with these features also have features where they will beep/vibrate at you if you're going outside of the lane or it seems like you're going to have a collision.