▲ 179 ▼ Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed (futurism.com) submitted 8 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/news@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54102494
[–] Xopher@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) If only we could put some of them in these "Freedom Cars" for a nice drive. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 8 months ago* (1 child) As someone who cycles, I sometimes think we should ban air bags and seat belts to level the playing field a bit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 8 points 8 months ago Ahhh, a cyclopath. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago Well I mean the bulk of the features they are railing about aren't even currently in most cars, Emergency breaking seems about 50/50 on protecting you vs others (hits the brakes if it detects you mindlessly driving towards something), and then the system that prevents people from leaving babies in the back seat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 8 months ago* (1 child) As someone who cycles, I sometimes think we should ban air bags and seat belts to level the playing field a bit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 8 points 8 months ago Ahhh, a cyclopath. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 8 points 8 months ago Ahhh, a cyclopath. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago Well I mean the bulk of the features they are railing about aren't even currently in most cars, Emergency breaking seems about 50/50 on protecting you vs others (hits the brakes if it detects you mindlessly driving towards something), and then the system that prevents people from leaving babies in the back seat. permalink fedilink source parent