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I am imagining that self driving cars could plausibly be 1000
or 10,000 times better at not hitting people. That's great but
for the others they could have a giant airbag in the bumper
that inflates to a > shape to plow people to the sides reducing
damage.
Deployed hood
https://www.nissan-...ERVIEW/puehfpp.html
[bs0u0155, Nov 20 2018]
External Airbags
https://jalopnik.co...ar-safet-1759180676
[bs0u0155, Nov 20 2018]
Switl external airbag
My own prior art, which solves the problem of throwing people into other objects, with a link to some more prior art [notexactly, Dec 03 2018]
[link]
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// to plow people to the sides // |
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... straight into the path of oncoming vehicles, or street furniture, or fruit carts, or piles of empty cardboard boxes (actually not a bad option), or two people pushing a rack of clothes, or carrying a sheet of glass ... |
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As a bonus, if it were installed back-to-front, it could be used
to collect pedestrians. |
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You could sell that idea to Uber ... |
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"Gorblimey, you'll never guess 'oo I 'ad in the back of me cab the other day ... " |
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External airbags are in the oven, so to speak <link>. There
are also manufacturers who are considering "deploying"
various panels, that is using explosives to move the bumper,
bonnet/hood forward or up before impact leaving the panel
suspended on a shock absorber. This would add a couple of
inches of give to the impact zone that can make a big
difference. |
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As car packaging space becomes ever so much more
ridiculous, at a certain point, it would be much more
efficient to have the pedestrians walk around in giant zorbs.
They could be 'assisted' into the subway tunnels with the fun
of a live game of billiards. |
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