Comments by "kd1s" (@kd1s) on "The Dead Man's Switch: How Anton Yelchin's life could have been saved" video.

  1. Hell there's the seat sensor, proximity sensors etc. in cars that could be used as dead man switches. And since most cars already have ABS - you could mod the code in the ABS system to say if nobody's in the seat, lock the brakes up. However one thing annoys me - newer cars with traction control etc. They don't do well in snow. They limit the throttle to the point where you cannot apply power to get out of a snow issue.
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  2. Part of the problem is that the bean counters at the auto manufacturers would be loathe to spend roughly $10 per car to put the sensor in the drivers seat. In their calculus it's less expensive to settle wrongful death lawsuits than to roll the feature onto every car produced.
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