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Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
About the only new technologies I can see being used, is the ability to disable some smartphone functions while the car is moving and the (dirt cheap) backup camera.
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Yeah - repair cost on this stuff is through the roof. That said, some tech features must be pushing down collisions and costs as well: automatic collision-detection braking, lane change monitors (and intervention), etc.
I think the problem is that cell phones are probably driving up collisions at the same time. In countries with more manual transmissions collision rates are relatively lower over the last 10 or so years - presumably because you can't use a smartphone with a stick shift easily.
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Do you like all those sensors?
Back up camera, 360° view cameras, proximity alerts, blind spot monitors, collision avoidance auto breaking, driver assistance that keeps you in lane or even parks the car for you …I reckon we are in this transition period where the insurers know the cost of these additional parts and system but haven’t the actuarial data to adjust for the reduced risks brought by these additional parts and systems.
@Axtremus said in Tech Costs
:Do you like all those sensors?
Back up camera, 360° view cameras, proximity alerts, blind spot monitors, collision avoidance auto breaking, driver assistance that keeps you in lane or even parks the car for you …I reckon we are in this transition period where the insurers know the cost of these additional parts and system but haven’t the actuarial data to adjust for the reduced risks brought by these additional parts and systems.
No. They’ve been mandated since 2017 and were common five years before that. The actuarial data was actually used as part of the argument to mandate backup cameras.
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Correction, backup cameras have been mandated. Point still stands.
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Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
About the only new technologies I can see being used, is the ability to disable some smartphone functions while the car is moving and the (dirt cheap) backup camera.
@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
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@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
@taiwan_girl said in Tech Costs
:@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
Juice ain't worth the squeeze.
Never mind...
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@taiwan_girl said in Tech Costs
:@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
Juice ain't worth the squeeze.
Never mind...
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@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
@taiwan_girl said in Tech Costs
:@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
Everybody on the highway that is driving faster than me are lunatics and a danger to themselves and others and shouldn’t be on the road.
Everybody on the highway driving slower than me are incompetent drivers and are obviously petrified and a danger to themselves and others and shouldn’t be on the road.
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@taiwan_girl said in Tech Costs
:@Jolly said in Tech Costs
:Actually, I think I can drive pretty well without them.
I saw a poll and I thought it was somewhat funny but true. Something like 80% of male drivers consider themselves to be an above average driver. LOL
Everybody on the highway that is driving faster than me are lunatics and a danger to themselves and others and shouldn’t be on the road.
Everybody on the highway driving slower than me are incompetent drivers and are obviously petrified and a danger to themselves and others and shouldn’t be on the road.
@LuFins-Dad, the obvious solution is the transporter; virtually Scotty would just beam you anywhere, instantly.
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https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/new-car-tech-wont-lower-insurance-rates/
This article linked to another.. it looks like the number of lethal accidents are increasing despite all the new features.
https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/driver-assist-technology-distracting/
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Maybe the speed restrictors that California is proposing is the answer.
https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/29281/slow-down-in-california?_=1706711269010
