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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Re:Wait, what? by Dog-Cow · 2015-05-27 01:14 · Score: -1, Troll

Are you fucking stupid on purpose, or did someone hit you with a Volvo?

So, "driver incompetently shows off technology he didn't pay for but which should have been mandatory"
What the fuck are you on about? How many vehicles even have the feature as an option, never mind as standard?