The ultimate smart car could be one that drives for humans detecting the road and becoming an electronic chaffeur. Wouldn’t bother me having a smart car like that tomorrow, forget 25-50 years from now. Or at least something that will better prevent some drunk from getting behind the wheel and putting others in harm’s way. Those steering wheel column blow to start mechanisms start the process but unfortunately only are put in place for people who have already driven drunk.

Along the way of getting to that future would be other mechanical signals by machines to notify drivers when risks are higher.

Drowsiness and distraction are leading causes of road traffic accidents and deaths, but Spence said vibrating seats, belts or foot pedals could alert drivers in a subtle way to a dangerous situation.

The real question I have is why is this going to take until 2020 to do? That’s 15 years from now! These type safety features should be in all new models by 2010. How expensive can this stuff be?

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