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Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car
carazoo.com sends along a story on Volvo's upcoming crash-proof car. The company will introduce a concept car based on the S60 this month at the Detroit Auto Show, looking ahead a few years to the goal that by 2020 "no one should be killed or injured in a Volvo car." The concept car will have forward-looking radar as a proximity sensor, and the ability to brake if a collision is imminent. When the car senses a collision, a light flashes on the windscreen display along with an audible warning. If the driver doesn't act, the car will brake automatically.
If anything it'll make things worse.
"Oh, my car's crash proof, I'll just take my eyes off the road and surf some porn on my laptop."
The problem is, the more devices that get made that make cars safer give an even greater false sense of security to the people driving. If you had a car that had zero safety features, you'd drive that thing like it was made of porcelin.
No, it's not. Train is a great means of transportation. Traffic jams are a serious candidate to being the most stupid, useless and avoidable problem of modern life.
Ah yes, because only SUVs use gas...
Big engines use lots of gas. People like to talk ill of SUVs and will pass by an M5 thinking only "hey, nice car!" Take a look at actual car mileages sometime -- just grab a Road & Track and take a look at their car review history near the back -- you may be surprised at who the biggest offenders are in terms of mileage.
Not to mention, there's a certain, shall we say, CONTRADICTION when one criticizes a Hummer driver for driving short distances, and then for using lots of gas. Well, which is it? Someone driving a Civic 50 miles to work each day is using a lot more gas than someone driving a Hummer 5 miles to work each day.
I'm not trying to defend bad fuel economy here. There's lots of room for improvement in that department. But if you're concerned about it, may as well be sensible.
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You're an idiot.
Diagnosis: REDNECK