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Volvo: In-Car Cameras Will Monitor Drivers and Take Action to Prevent Distracted or Impaired Driving

posted by chromas on Thursday March 21 2019, @04:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the two-minutes-hate dept.

black6host writes:

Ok, I recently submitted a story about forensic tests for distracted driving. Now we have this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/03/20/volvo-says-in-car-cameras-will-monitor-drivers-take-action-prevent-distracted-or-impaired-driving/

Volvo on Wednesday announced plans to install cameras in its vehicles that will monitor drivers for signs of distracted or impaired driving and take action if it appears that a driver’s behavior becomes dangerous.

The Swedish automaker, which recently announced that it would limit the top speeds of its cars as a way of making highways safer, said the cameras would be part of a system that would slow the vehicles and “safely park” them on the side of the road if they detected that a driver was becoming incapacitated or if the driver’s attention had lapsed for a long time. The technology would also summon help from its 24/7 assistance center.

Fuck this. That's my opinion. The day my vehicle tells me that I can't go faster than 73, when I'm headed to the emergency room...

Also, I know that this post is from the Washington Post. If you've already read too many of their articles this month, and are paywalled, consider blocking java script. Works for me...

Also at TechRadar, Engadget & CNet Roadshow.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 21 2019, @08:33PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday March 21 2019, @08:33PM (#818158) Journal

    The limiter kicks in at 112, FTA: Earlier this month, Volvo said it would limit the top speed in its vehicles to a little more than 112 mph.

    (there is a correction note at the bottom so it probably did say 73 at some point)

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @10:54PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @10:54PM (#818203)

    No, they said 112 kilometers per hour, which is 73 mph. Fuck you Volvo. Fuck you and all the other retards who don't understand the concept of freedom.

    • (Score: 1) by optotronic on Friday March 22 2019, @01:50AM

      by optotronic (4285) on Friday March 22 2019, @01:50AM (#818258)

      Fuck you Volvo. Fuck you and all the other retards who don't understand the concept of freedom.

      Is that the same freedom you have to not buy a Volvo? Or the freedom to buy a car from a company that values safety more than another auto manufacturer?

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 22 2019, @09:45AM

      by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Friday March 22 2019, @09:45AM (#818341) Homepage
      It's not even that, it's 69.6 mph. So it's probably 70 mph, which they then converted to km/h and rounded for publication.
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