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Why Did a Self-Braking Volvo Plow Into a Bystander?
Caught on video, a perplexing collision raises questions about how to regulate automated features.
A perplexing video has been making the Internet rounds this week: In what seems to be an attempt at demonstrating the car’s automated braking system, a Volvo XC60 is seen plowing into two men standing directly in its path. The YouTube post, by Dominican culture site Remolacha.net, mentions that the bystanders were bruised but otherwise uninjured in the bizarre collision.