Engineering360: "V2V Communication to Be Required on New U.S. Light Vehicles"

I applaud the technology but you can't fix stupid! People will use the technology as it's designed....others will use it just to "see what happens". And you think the car companies are getting sued now? I can just hear it...."the warning never went off when I pulled out to pass"....or "it never warned me that ice was on the road". Or the brakes when on unexpectedly when I hit my head on the steering wheel. It's like the lane warning lights on the cars today....waste of money and time. The driver better be looking at the road and not relying on some sensor to warn of danger or an on-coming car!

There have already been autonomous vehicle "crashes" where and when the human element was left out of the equation. The concept is good, but definitely not perfected.

A good example of imperfect technology, in automotive circles, is that of traction control. Albeit, a small, but significant number of crashes can be attributed to "traction control" taking over, when a little "slippage" would have been OK. There have been incidents on a slippery "upslope" where traction control took over and made a traffic situation dangerous. Being unable to negotiate a slightly slippery upslope at speed due to traction control taking over is not only inconvenient, but downright dangerous.

Perhaps a way to "instantly disable" traction control is a possible solution--a "one button" solution...

Automakers, what say you?