The tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment standard. The reason is as old as the hills—money.

  • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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    153 days ago

    I’m all for forcing manufacturers to implement these safety features but you damn well better make a fuckin law that says they can’t pass the cost onto the consumer.

    Getting tired of shit going up in price by a few thousand dollars every time something is added.

    Although tbf I honestly think traffic laws should be much more strict and be taken much more seriously.

    • @MothmanDelorian
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      62 days ago

      If you force them to spend hundreds to thousands installing a LIDAR system in each vehicle why can’t they get that money back?

      Enforcing traffic laws would be the cheaper solution

        • @MothmanDelorian
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          -12 days ago

          Versus installing high hundreds to low thousands in each car? Im not sure you are correct in that assertion

      • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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        12 days ago

        Because they have the money to spare. And if they don’t why are they always reporting record profits?

        • @MothmanDelorian
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          22 days ago

          The US auto sector is experiencing record profits? Since when did that start? There was a blip during covid but most have been down since 2008 or so.