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For a 65mph crash into a stationary object, that looks like fairly light damage considering! Isn't this precisely the scenario that automatic emergency braking
by mattlondon 9y ago
For a 65mph crash into a stationary object, that looks like fairly light damage considering!
Isn't this precisely the scenario that automatic emergency braking systems are designed to prevent?
The article suggests that no system can handle this, but the EuroNCAP system specifically tests cars driving at up to 80kph (~50mph) into a stationary vehicle (https://youtu.be/AJ4WXgWaNgs?t=2m40s https://youtu.be/AJ4WXgWaNgs?t=2m40s protocol: https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/32278/euro-ncap-aeb-c2c-test-protocol-v201.pdf https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/32278/euro-ncap-aeb-c2c-test-...) Is this sort of safety equipment not a "thing" in the US?
It looks like AEB is not fitted to the model S in the EU as standard. https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/tesla/model-s/7897 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/tesla/model-s/7897 (expand safety assist section - no AEB listed, c.f. XC90 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/volvo/xc90/20976 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/volvo/xc90/20976)
I wonder if AEB was installed and activated in this crash, despite what the cruise control was doing? Surely it must have done otherwise I'd have expected significantly more damage, particularly to the fire truck getting a 2t lump slamming into it @ 65mph?!
- Symmetry 9y agoPresumably when the car got within a certain distance of the firetruck the cone of the radar was narrow enough that the radar could tell that the truck was definitely in the road and triggered braking - too late to avoid a collision but early enough to slow down some.