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Do you consider automatic braking part of autopilot? Several cars already do this if they think you're going to hit something in front of you at low speed.
by mdorazio 11y ago
Do you consider automatic braking part of autopilot? Several cars already do this if they think you're going to hit something in front of you at low speed.
- gambiting 11y agoIf you are actually pressing the throttle the car will chime several warnings but won't stop you - any car that I know of that has the automatic collision avoidance feature only brakes for you if the foot is off the throttle.
- mdorazio 11y agoI don't think that's accurate, at least on the luxury cars where I've seen it implemented. Take a look at this list [1]. In many cases you could overpower the automatic braking by applying more throttle, but the brakes will definitely apply automatically to some degree if they think you're going to hit something. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_avoidance_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_avoidance_system
- gambiting 11y agoHmmmm yeah, I knew you could definitely do that in Nissans, and wiki offers an explanation: "it alerts the driver using both a screen display and sound, then generates a force that pushes the accelerator pedal up" - so I guess it's like you said, you can just press the throttle harder and ignore the warning if you really know what you are doing.