EU proposes new safety features for new cars

[philehidiot]

Full autonomous driving will make all this stuff irrelevant, they should be pushing development into those systems rather than just mandating an expensive driver aid package (which NCAP was probably already forcing on us in order to get better than a 3 star rating on a car).

I can't wait for fully autonomous cars. Then I can ride my bike like an absolute cock and know nothing unexpected will happen from surrounding vehicles. EVs would make it even better - no deisel on the road! Now, what do we do about the horse droppings? (Apparently, there's an ironic statment with a concealed truth in there somewhere. When you spot it, do let me know).

I honestly don't think fully autonomous cars will be a reality for some time. They're right to work on it but I suspect that progress will be very slow and not always from a technical obstacle. Every single fatality from a robotic driver will be all over the press. Every little incident. I suspect this will make public perception of them somewhat skewed and it'll take millions of miles of data and demonstrating beyond doubt that even a ZX 81 can drive better than most humans.

What we'll get is kids flinging themselves in front of cars knowing they'll do an emergency stop and so on.

[Zak33]

The only thing that's hard to disable is ABS, but that's not something I'd recommend doing in any event.

except deep snow where it's a real benefit to turn it off.

but I digress..... apart fronm that... the suggestion is sound as pound.. might need something a little larger for a few families but...hey...