On: Autonomous braking: 'The most significant developm...

[vilhelm_s]

The first google hit (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.506...) says

> in the period 1991-2001 [...] about 109,000 lives were saved by belts and 8,000 by airbags

so I guess seat belts were a bigger improvement.

[raverbashing → vilhelm_s]

I guess the question then is: why bother?

Also airbags depend on seatbelt use to be effective, and some of them have killed people.

[allannienhuis → raverbashing]

? why bother saving 8,000 lives?

In what world is it better to NOT have airbags?

[kss238 → allannienhuis]

If the cost of installing airbags could instead be used to install some other safety feature, say aeb in all vehicles, and if that feature saved more lives than airbags do, then it would be better to not have airbags.

[raverbashing → allannienhuis]

While 8k is a substantial value, other technologies might be more effective, less costly and possible safer.

Remember the takata airbag defect killed 15 people in the US. https://www.consumerreports.org/car-recalls-defects/takata-a...

[andygates → raverbashing]

8000 vs 15, and that's not a problem with airbags, it's a problem with defective industrial components and corporate nonsense.