Ford has come up with a new way to make sure pedestrians don't get run over while crossing the street.
If drivers install the app on their phone, the tech will alert them if they're about to hit a pedestrian.
According to the company, the technology could potentially help warn drivers of pedestrians, bicyclists and more, even those approaching a vehicle's path but blocked from a driver's view.
It's completely baffling. It almost sounds like a joke if you don't download our app and end up being hit by a truck.
Vice points out that this isn't how pedestrians or cyclists are involved in real world crashes. When trying to cross a busy street, pedestrians are hit more often than when emerging from a blocked view.
The system does more than an alert on the vehicle's screen and warning sounds. Will the brakes be applied by the software or by the driver?
Of course, for all of this to work, pedestrians will need a phone, which is in and of itself a dangerous assumption to make, considering not everyone chooses to own one or can even afford it.
Will the system work with non- Ford cars?
There's nothing wrong with trying to leverage existing technologies to make driving safer, but we don't know if a smartphone app for pedestrians will be part of a solution.
Ford thinks the solution to people getting hit by cars is more phone calls.
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