Letter: Automatic braking could save lives
Woman driving car. Keeps both hands on the steering wheel. She is wearing a green sweater. Behind the windows you can see the beautiful defocused green grass. Photo taken from the position next to and slightly behind the driver. Credit: iStock / Krystian Nawrocki
In response to “Concerns about automatic braking” [Letters, March 9], what is wrong with “liberal thinking” to make our automobiles safer?
Based on the letter writer’s rationale, someone should be able to purchase a car without air bags or seat belts because that would make the vehicle cheaper. But what about safety? What you trade off on a cheaper car, you pay for in insurance premiums.
Having to share the highways of Long Island with individuals texting while driving, vehicles weighing 2,000 to 4,000 pounds and moving at 50 to 70 mph, I’m grateful that we have these safety features in place and mandated by the so-called liberal government.
I don’t mind paying the extra money for the sake of saving a life.
John Hannon, East Patchogue
