Makes sense, but I look at it from the perspective of my wife or mother behind the wheel. They don't necessarily understand these technologies, or even know they exist, but they certainly would benefit from them in the right situation.
Jaime On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Agreed... I've experienced all the BAS stuff, and modern presafe > > features in the latest S class. When you experience them, its very > > impressive. You start to understand why modern cars as so much safer > > than ones from just a few years ago. They do things you can't and > > react faster than you can. > > On the other hand there are some studies that suggest that people > individually have a certain internal "risk tolerance" and if you give > them safety systems like all-wheel drive and ABS and radar and night > vision, etc. they will just drive more aggressively up to the point > where their internal sense of "risk" is back at its limit, at least > partially offsetting the benefit of the safety systems. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
