Slate not likely to be a top safety pick by Consumer Reports (due to lack of BSW)

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My guess is blind-spot warning is a pretty low cost product to source and since Slate is aiming for top-safety they may just have to bite the bullet and add the system to the vehicle.

I'm all for adding safety tech to even the base model.
 

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I have a concern that in 20 years young people that learn to drive relying on all this tech won’t have a clue how to react when it fails.
People wont be driving, it will be safer to let the car drive it self. said some famous dude, could you imagine you insurance company asking why your manually driving your car?
 

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People wont be driving, it will be safer to let the car drive it self. said some famous dude, could you imagine you insurance company asking why your manually driving your car?
i can imagine this being a boon to the elderly, otherwise housebound if they can’t find a driver. Then again that could make for some interesting conversations with Siri or Alexa.
 
 
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