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Government Recommends Cars With Smarter Brakes
mrspoonsi writes The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is adding crash imminent braking and dynamic braking support to its list of recommended advanced safety features for new cars. The former uses sensors to activate the brakes if a crash is imminent and the driver already hasn't. Dynamic braking support, on the other hand, increases stopping power if you haven't put enough pressure on the brake pedal. Like lane-departure and front collision warning systems, these features are available on some models already — this move gives them high-profile attention, though. And for good reason: As the NHSTA tells it, a third of 2013's police-reported car accidents were the rear-end crashes and a "large number" of the drivers either didn't apply the brakes at all (what?!) or fully before impact.
And daily test drivers under 26
I recommend cars with smarter drivers.
Well let's see, lose your license in the USA and it's an automatic felony conviction for not having a driver's license. Then you can't drive anywhere, you get fired from your job, and you'll never find another job as a convicted felon, so your life is already over. It would be more merciful just to execute dangerous drivers, don't you think?