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Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH

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32 points LinuxBender | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.28s | source
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hnburnsy ◴[20 Nov 24 16:00 UTC] No.42195148[source]▶
With all this added tech and safety systems, why is per capita traffic deaths rising since 2018 and the highest since 2009?

Is all the added expense and impact on the environment worth it? Is the cost ever a concern in these mandates?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_...

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1. acdha ◴[20 Nov 24 20:45 UTC] No.42197923[source]▶
People have been buying bigger vehicles whose designs are more dangerous to pedestrians, use of phones and dashboard TVs is widely normalized, and the police stopped doing a lot of traffic enforcement so drivers have less fear of being caught driving in safely than they used to.