New safety equipment request

Since we are putting in a bunch of safety nanny's in the car, I have one I would like to request.

I would like an acceleration detection unit. I want it put into all the cars so when they pull out in front of some one and the road is open and they are going way slowe than oncoming traffic, it gives them a kick in the acceleat or.

Ford just announced a smart tailgate that will pull your car forward and to the side if a rearend accident is imminent. #Getouttamyway

How awesome would it be if everyone else's cars did that and so you could just barrel down the road making traffic part in front of you.

heh.. the town just north of me (as in three blocks north of me) very few of the streets come to 4 way intersections as they meet the main drag. They are staggered into "t"s. At least once a day somebody pulls out ahead of me only to slow and stop all traffic (narrow road) as they wait for the next opening to pull off the main drag at the next T. It gets very annoying, especially if there is nobody behind me when they do it

Another feature request: brake pedals should deliver an electric shock when you use them. This would go a long way to prevent people from hitting the brakes for no reason at all. Around here, it seems like the brake pedal is the "I'm scared and need to hug a teddy bear" pedal. And the gas pedal is the "oh no, scary" pedal.

I would like something that gets people to accelerate in the "acceleration lane" and not wait until they have merged onto the expressway before doing so.

From the on ramp w/ a yield or stop sign there's always that driver that waits 5-6-7... seconds after the last car in lane passes by and then pulls out in front of us while we're at highway speed and then dawdles to get up to road speed... while we nail the brakes or have to make a sudden lane change. That's alright tho, the universe must revolve around you and your little world and you are way more important than the rest of us.

Don't know if this is a new thing.

I have seen two young women that don't even use the acceleration lane but pull directly into the driving lane. I had one pull directly into my lane and I had to take evasion. I'll say one thing, they didn't hang around.

I'd like one. If you turn on the ignition of an SUV or pickup, it detonates the airbag and gives the potential operator a concussion.

Four shiney, happy people in the last three days. On Saturday, I was stuck behind some berk-head driving through some gloriously winding roads, but they were in a Pathfinder so they were picking through at 25mph. Then, on the way home, I had some dipwad in a LX470 (with dealer plates!) go straight through an intersection while in a left turn lane, then try to make an unsignaled and apparently unobserved lane change right into the space I was occupying.

Today, I had a berk-head in an Equinox, while in bumper to bumper traffic, pass on the right in a lane that had "RIGHT LANE ENDS" signs all up and down, then cut in front of me. And he had the nerve to wave "Thanks" as he did so. No, dipwad, I "let" you in, in the same manner as I "let" someone fart in a crowded elevator.

And then, coming home, on residential side streets with stop signs every block, the expletive questionably-narrow-family-tree in an F150 didn't like that me and the person in front of me were STOPPING for stop signs, and proceeded to pass the both of us on the left, through intersections and against oncoming traffic, at high speed, blowing through multiple stop signs. Mind you, there is a school and a park in the immediate vicinity and there were children playing, elderly people on the sidewalks, people walking their dogs, etc.

Sadly, this is exactly what I have come to expect from anyone who drives SUVs, pickups, or minivans. People like this are why I would shed zero tears if non-commercial ownership of anything the EPA or DOT labeled a "truck" was banned.

I still want a seat mounted taser, that is controlled by the driver behind you.

Toyman01 wrote: I still want a seat mounted taser, that is controlled by the driver behind you.

Ooh! That's the other one. Every vehicle with HIDs must transfer the ballast voltage to the driver's seat if they get within 50 feet of another vehicle.

We gotta figure a way to do this with high beams, too.

Kramer wrote: Ford just announced a smart tailgate that will pull your car forward and to the side if a rearend accident is imminent. #Getouttamyway

Great! So when the guy cuts to the shoulder to avoid buttberking you, your car automatically shuts the door on him. Awesome.

Knurled wrote: I'd like one. If you turn on the ignition of an SUV or pickup, it detonates the airbag and gives the potential operator a concussion.

I'm an SUV and pickup driver and I'm here to help. Have I seen you in a movie before?

I'm a fan of the vehicle-mounted paintball guns, with limited ammo (2 shots a day?) and whoever has the most paint on their car gets a ticket for being a shiny happy person.

Brokeback wrote: I'm a fan of the vehicle-mounted paintball guns, with limited ammo (2 shots a day?) and whoever has the most paint on their car gets a ticket for being a shiny happy person.

That's a better idea!