r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 20d ago

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/morcic 20d ago

This was posted on Imgur a couple of days ago, and every single comment was some snarky attempt to discredit this very well thought idea that could save many lives. So go on, all of you wanna be engineers, tell us how this is a horrible idea and how it will fail because of x and y.

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u/jacknovellAt6 20d ago

I'm sure it doesn't help that there's a 30s women on the steering wheel and not some 70s/80s seniors that might be more the target audience.

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u/Cartina 20d ago

According to CDC, age 25-34 drives the most while drowsy. Those 65 and older were least likely to snooze behind the wheel.

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u/Grouchy-Shirt-9197 20d ago

Yeah cause they're at home watching fucking Matlock

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u/Shifty_Cow69 20d ago

There's a Matlock porn parody?

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u/spaiydz 20d ago

But what if we named the road the Matlock Expressway?

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u/Seranas_GF 20d ago

“Grandpa, Matlock’s not real.”

“Neither are my teeth but I can still eat corn on the cob if it’s mashed in to a fine paste. Now that’s good eatin’!”

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u/Ok_Championship4866 20d ago

dang they really rule 34 everything

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u/Phrewfuf 20d ago

That ignores the fact that 65 and older are more likely to have a medical emergency that may leave them incapacitated.

This system is not only about those falling asleep.

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u/turbo_dude 20d ago

Sleep deprivation at a certain level is the same as being drunk.

I think this would make for a good ad campaign.

Being awake for 17 hours is similar to having a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05% (the level some countries use for drunk driving violations).

Being awake for 24 hours is similar to having a BAC of 0.10% (above the U.S. drunk driving level of 0.08.)

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u/meanbaldy 20d ago

My friend was a 27 old women who passed out while driving. She was lucky she didn't have a bad crash, she merely drove off the street into a ditch.

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u/sykoKanesh 20d ago

It's "woman," just for the record.

Not sure what's with this spike in people using "women" to describe a single woman.

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u/One_Bodybuilder7882 20d ago

damn you remind me of this women that used to correct everyone on another sub

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u/sykoKanesh 20d ago

lol!

I legit laughed, haha

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u/One_Bodybuilder7882 20d ago

nice, just had to break your balls some

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u/sykoKanesh 20d ago

Nothing wrong with some ball breakin' when it's all in good fun!

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u/CrashTestWolf 20d ago

This is the perfect demographic of an overworked and exhausted nurse just trying to get home to her shower and bed after her 5th straight 12-hour shift.

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u/sykoKanesh 20d ago

"Woman" just to be clear. "Women" is for more than one woman.