Take it from someone in the collision industry, if the cars don’t watch the road, no one will. People do everything except drive when behind the wheel. They can’t go 10 minutes without looking at their phones. Subaru is trying to keep people from crashing, but its how whackos in control will pervert it and use it that is the problem. All this crash mitigation tech hasn’t stopped the crashes, it’s just made it more expensive/difficult to repair. You’ve probably seen this in your premiums. Avg claim severity 6 years ago was about $2600. Now it’s closer to $5000.
Take it from someone in the collision industry, if the cars don’t watch the road, no one will. People do everything except drive when behind the wheel. They can’t go 10 minutes without looking at their phones. Subaru is trying to keep people from crashing, but its how whackos in control will pervert it and use it that is the problem. All this crash mitigation tech hasn’t stopped the crashes, it’s just made it more expensive/difficult to repair. You’ve probably seen this in your premiums. Avg claim severity 6 years ago was about $2600. Now it’s closer to $5000.