Suggesting that safety features available in even much cheaper cars are not needed in Teslas is just like saying you don't want Tesla to succeed. Not all safety features are for lazy drivers. Some of these features save lives. Here are a few such features:
- Lane departure detection
- Blind spot detection
- Collision Avoidance with Auto Brake
- Pedestrian detection
All of them are available in the BMW i3. Here is a video in German:
I think all 4 features are great and each of them would save lives but I especially like pedestrian detection and I hope it will become mandatory in all cars in the future. The following article is about a little boy that died when a car was backing out. A few days ago somebody else posted another article about a similar incident.
1-year-old hit, killed as SUV backs out of garage | FOX13Now.com
If this was a BMW i3 that wouldn't happen. Any safety feature that helps saving lives which might be the lives of your loves ones has to be a good thing. A lot of pedestrians and cyclist are killed every year at low speed around parked cars or in a blid spot when a vehicle turns a corner.
As a cyclist I'm always worried about careless drivers. Here is an example. The stupid woman says "I didn't see you".