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It is one thing to disable cruise control if I've gently tapped the brake pedal to deactivate. With every cruise system I've encountered that happens well befor
by oldcynic 8y ago
It is one thing to disable cruise control if I've gently tapped the brake pedal to deactivate. With every cruise system I've encountered that happens well before the brakes bite. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't want emergency automatic braking off achieved by the same trigger. (No experience of Teslas to be certain).
It is entirely another another if automatic braking or other safety features deactivate when I am scrubbing speed by "slamming on the brakes". That seems like a very bad idea. If my foot slips from the brake pedal that's one common scenario where I would indeed like emergency automatic braking.
- kbenson 8y agoMy point is mainly that most these assist systems are meant to work in the case the driver is not actively controlling that aspect of the vehicle. At any point the driver is trying to take a specific action, such as steer, accelerate, brake, etc, the car should cede control to the driver. If the driver is actively using the brakes, it makes sense to the auto-braking system to detect this and not engage. The last thing you want to do is wrench control away from someone that is actively operating a vehicle. There may be cases where that rule could be relaxed, and the system could engage, but it would need to be beyond all doubt.