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Volkswagen's new Emergency Assist technology will safely drive your car to the side of the highway and call an ambulance if you pass out while driving. (supercarblondie.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Lugh to c/avs

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[–] Lugh 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Will we see a day when manually driving a car is as illegal and socially unacceptable as driving drunk or without a seatbelt? I'd guess so. Tech like this will become standardized along the way to full Level 5 self-driving.

There's a whole demographic of people aged 80+ who face restrictions on their driving as they age further. I would expect Volkswagen and others to be marketing car software along these lines tailored to their needs and problems.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It should become as frowned upon as no seatbelts, at least. I imagine there will be a grey area as long as things stay at 3/4 and you have to do things manually sometimes, though, so no prison time like with drunk driving.