Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:13AM from the problem-exists-between-keyboard-and-car dept.

schwit1 writes: A video that recently went viral shows a demonstration of a Volvo XC60's self-parking feature. It reverses itself, waits, and then confidently drives into a group of people at a non-negligible speed. (Two were hit, and while both were bruised, they were otherwise OK.) The situation was presumed to have resulted from a malfunction with the car — but the car might not have had the ability to recognize a human at all. A Volvo representative said the car was not equipped with the "Pedestrian detection" feature. That feature is sold as a separate package.

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Sure, let's make everything tiered by spiritplumber · 2015-05-27 00:16 · Score: 4, Funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Similar situation.

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Re:Great marketing by RabidReindeer · 2015-05-27 00:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Release to market with minimum feature set, Microsoft would be proud.
Only if it also includes easily-exploitable security holes.