I love, love, love the dynamic cruise control on my 2014 Mazda 3 Astina. I stretched my budget for this, our 2nd car, as I was dead set on getting next generati

I love, love, love the dynamic cruise control on my 2014 Mazda 3 Astina. I stretched my budget for this, our 2nd car, as I was dead set on getting next generation safety features. Got an ex demo manual, couldn't be happier with the overall package. Even though my car is a 6sp manual, the automatic distance keeping is making the commute much more relaxing. I can't recommend it enough. Funnily enough the radar system is separate to the AEB, which uses cameras. AEB stands for automatic / autonomous emergency braking. As I'm someone who likes to know how stuff works, especially in cars for familiarity should a real event occur, I did set out to experience how AEB works. I rigged some large but light cardboard boxes, reversed down the road a bit, accelerated quickly to around 40 km/h, kept the throttle pedal steady as though if to drive through them. All times, although it felt like surely it wouldn't, the car intervened at the very last second. The first time it drove through them by a metre. The next two times the car stopped before impact. System uses 100% brake force engaging the ABS and also putting on the hazard lights for good measure. I came out highly impressed. It ought to pick up cars better, but I'm not about to actively try that.