From Christina Cheers
Like many others, I already drive a car that the manufacturers regard as a “guardian angel” (14 May, p 22). It has automatic emergency braking that allows it to stop itself if a collision is imminent. The designers seem to have an odd vision of the dangers posed by different collisions. A bird flew in front of me, was “perceived” as a collision, and the emergency brakes slammed on.
Certainly the bird must have thought it had a guardian angel. What if a truck, without guardian angel brakes, had been hurtling along behind me? Such systems may indeed limit collisions in the future, but until all cars are similarly equipped, I want to be the one who decides which of us dies, me or the bird.
Sunbury, Victoria, Australia
