New cars to automatically avoid collisions?

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Thu 2 Oct 2008 15:04
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - FotheringtonThomas
"Robotic car which avoids collisions unveiled" - from "The Daily Telegraph:

tinyurl.com/4hzvro

OK, so it's not yet a car.

"(snip) Mr Ando added: "Electric vehicles have wheels that can move at various angles and so with this technology installed, the possibility of quickly escaping a crash or avoiding an obstacle increases."

It seems to me that there may be significant issues with this technique!
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Thu 2 Oct 2008 15:08
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - Number_Cruncher
>>significant issues

Yes, for me, the real problem is that we would still have some driver input, and so, it's difficult to assign where the responsibility lies if there were a crash.

The sooner driver input is reduced to simply typing in a postcode, the better.

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Thu 2 Oct 2008 15:12
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - Lud
It doesn't need a driver
For his inputs and corrections;
It sees the hazard shaping up
And flees in all directions.
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Thu 2 Oct 2008 19:22
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - Stuartli
Looks more like a robotic dog than a car to me........
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Fri 3 Oct 2008 08:31
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - s61sw
Lud - after reading your little verse, I wonder, were you Frank Spencer in a past life?

S6 1SW
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Thu 2 Oct 2008 19:59
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - JH
Bearing in mind that old women come in all ages and both sexes, I still say you'll get hit by some old lady driving a 1989 Astra.
JH
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Fri 3 Oct 2008 07:34
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - L'escargot
"The split second it detects an obstacle, it will instantly change direction by turning its wheels to a right angle or further to avoid collision."

At what speed would it be capable of "turning its wheels to a right angle or further"? Only at a very very low speed I opine. And doing so wouldn't prevent a collision with a car coming towards it. It would merely spin in a circle!

Edited by L'escargot on 03/10/2008 at 07:37

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Fri 3 Oct 2008 09:29
New cars to automatically avoid collisions? - BazzaBear {P}
Doesn't the recently released Volvo XC60 already have a low-speed collision avoidance system?
Although I believe it merely stops the car, it doesn't set off in the opposite direction.
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