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did they warn the pedestrians?

• mkempe 12y ago
  I know you meant this as a joke.. however, Volvo cars do watch for pedestrians and automatically stop for them if needs be. In the worst case, there is an external airbag that will deploy in front of the windshield to avoid the worst types of injuries based on decades of analysis of car accidents with pedestrians (in Sweden).
  • jpatokal 12y ago
    Except when they don't, as demonstrated in the rather famous fail below during a PR demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJ9xgBZJdI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJ9xgBZJdI The explanation was "The failure of the test was due to the dummy not being set up properly", which I find rather less than reassuring. http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/volvo-crash-test-goes-wrong-20100925-15rak.html http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/volvo-crash-test-goes-wro...
    • ptr 12y ago
      That's like Gate's BSOD during the demo of PnP. Works now, doesn't it? ;) On the 'up side'; if the pedestrian safety air bag fails, it'll be just like any other car.