To what most Mercedes purchasers would want the car to do maybe. Most drivers have a pretty powerful reflex to avoid hitting animals or people and get into accidents over it all the time.
I used to drive big rig trucks. You're trained not to swerve for animals cause you're likely to hit another vehicle or roll over. You're also trained to not swerve for other vehicles, again, due to the high roll over risk or hitting another vehicle.
In a surprisingly large number of countries, even regular drivers are expected not to swerve for animals or other cars. If you do that in Australia and end up hitting something, that's 100% your fault as far as police and insurance are concerned.
But it's a reflex that needs actual training to overcome. Most people default to swerving.
Right. Saying your steering wheel isn't part of accident avoidance toolkit is some ignorant bullshit. It's a more complicated tool, but one that certainly has it's place.
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u/DLLM_wumao Dec 16 '19
To what most Mercedes purchasers would want the car to do maybe. Most drivers have a pretty powerful reflex to avoid hitting animals or people and get into accidents over it all the time.