Brian Cooley takes us inside VW tech In a new video series, Brian Cooley talks to Volkswagen's Peter Oels at the Electronics Research Laboratory, the largest automotive technology lab in the San Francisco Bay Area. See how Volkswagen charts driver distraction and develops new tech features for the cabin. Volkswagen is using the lab to get a leg up on its competition, in a new tech area that is growing fast.
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Personally I'm of a mind that we have far too much noise in our environment, and any mandate for more is a step in the wrong direction. I'm probably as guilty as the next person of relying too heavily on audible cues, but we simply need to change our habits.
As a cyclist, I frequently find myself having to issue warnings to crossing pedestrians who fail to look. I am willing to do this. Vehicle operators and pedestrians alike have a responsibility to exercise reasonable care in avoiding accidents (even though it's usually the pedestrian who ends up on the losing end).
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