{"id":51268,"date":"2015-05-26T22:09:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/26\/there-are-accidents-and-there-are-accidents.html"},"modified":"2015-05-26T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T22:09:50","slug":"there-are-accidents-and-there-are-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/26\/there-are-accidents-and-there-are-accidents.html","title":{"rendered":"There are accidents and there are accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

There's a great Frankenstein's Monster vibe to this story (and the +<\/span>Boing Boing<\/a><\/span> post that reprinted it), but it's not quite as "horrible" as it sounds:<\/p>\n

1. The car was not self-parking. <\/p>\n

2. The car has a "City Safety" package designed to keep drivers from rear-ending other cars in stop-and-go city traffic. That's distinct from the "Pedestrian Detection" system — which takes $3K of additional hardware and software. While I think having both systems bundled together would be swell, they really are two different things. <\/p>\n

3. Oh, if you punch on the gas, it disengages the "City Safety" package. That probably makes sense for certain applications, but, yes, that's how this particular accident happened.<\/p>\n

So … misusing the systems and not being aware of what those systems do in the first place: I'd say it's a PEBCAK (or PEBSAW) error, not some awful Volvo technological sin.<\/p>\n

And, yes, even if there is a "Pedestrian Detection" system, I echo Volvo's suggestion that you still don't drive toward pedestrians, any more than you should point a gun at people even if you are certain the safety is on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nVolvo blames horrible ‘self-parking car accident’ on driver<\/a><\/span>
\nKeeping the car safe is included as a standard feature, but keeping pedestrians safe isn’t.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There's a great Frankenstein's Monster vibe to this story (and the +Boing Boing post that reprinted it), but it's not quite as "horrible" as it sounds: 1. The car was not self-parking. 2. The car has a "City Safety" package designed to keep drivers from rear-ending other cars in stop-and-go city traffic. 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