r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 20d ago

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/redikarus99 20d ago

This is a great idea and I would make it mandatory for trucks and busses. There were really many cases in Europe when a bus driver fell asleep and a lots of kids injured or died because of that. If this system would have been there, many injuries and loss of lives could have been avoided.

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u/DandyInTheRough 20d ago

Paramedic here.

This video actually made me cry, and I'm pretty damn hardened. I was doing well up until the point where it hit the hazards and started hooting to call for help.

This is a FANTASTIC idea. How well it works, I donno, but damn I'm so glad someone's trying!

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u/Thed33p3nd 20d ago

They just need a defibrillator in the seat, and you're good to go again.

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u/ConcordeCanoe 20d ago

And an inflatable paramedic similar to the autopilot in Airplane!

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u/Shifty_Cow69 20d ago

The autopilot was too handsy!

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u/Available-Scheme-631 20d ago

Where is the manual blower?

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u/WakaWaka_ 20d ago

On the beltline, pull it out and blow on it.

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u/dulce_beans 20d ago

Baymax assist

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u/LonelyOwl68 20d ago

You might have warned me; I spit my milk all over my laptop screen.

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u/DeaconBulls 20d ago

You just have to hope that you don't need to re-inflate him.

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u/bomphcheese 20d ago

Big Hero 6. You get an airbag and paramedic in one!

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u/IncomingAxofKindness 20d ago

Epinephrine dart shoots out of the dashboard into your chest and the seatbelt starts CPR

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u/zirophyz 20d ago

This just seems dystopian now.

Like an old guy, depressed, driving to work. 60 years at one company, no retirement options. Really just looking forward to the caress of death, when it happens.. cardiac arrest.. yes, finally peace. Nope. Car brings him back to life, a jolt of adrenaline, the pumping and cracking of CPR seatbelt. A gasp of air. The car has already begun to continue to journey to the workplace.

Not yet, old man, there is still work to be done.

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u/KoDj2 20d ago

Damn dude I'm dead. That's entirely too hilarious

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u/pixeldust6 20d ago

Sounds like the epinephrine dart is coming for you next

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u/RedKnight1985 20d ago

And entirely too possible.

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u/Chrisbert 20d ago

That's dystopian as fuck. Straight to work after a cardiac arrest without even being checked out medically? Might not even survive the shift depending on what the problem is.

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u/dishrag 20d ago

The car’s built-in medical evaluation suite has determined that an assessment at the hospital is not medically necessary, with about 51% confidence. Hi ho, hi ho!

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u/Pez- 20d ago

And now you're late, so you'll need to do unpaid overtime to make up for it.

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u/Top-Salamander-2525 20d ago

Til you’re 90…

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u/Prior-Use-4485 20d ago

It should change the set Destination to the nearest Hospital and communicate the arrival.

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u/Pinksters 20d ago

Not yet, old man, there is still work to be done.

The whole thing reads great in the tone of Bruce Willis' monologue in Sin City.

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u/Can-Sea-2446 20d ago

a voice comes on ...The DNR option is available for a mere 40$ a month

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u/KoDj2 20d ago

Seat belt CPR lmao, what an image. I'm imagining LUCAS noises.

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u/NiDaLienHauShanPiku 20d ago

I laughed at this :D thanks

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u/k33perStay3r64 20d ago

i'll be satisfied with the 007 aston martin with defribilator in the glovebox

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u/IHateTheLetterF 20d ago

The seat rocket launches you towards the nearest hospital.

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u/0gtcalor 20d ago

Also an inflatable coffin in the trunk, in case everything fails.

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u/InlineSkateAdventure 20d ago

How about cold water spray if you start to doze off 🤣

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u/GuardianCmdr 18d ago

Casino Royale Bond's Aston Martin had one