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Rather than praising some of these systems and lambasting others, CR should reach out to manufacturers documenting what their testing results were, and how to i

by danbr 6y ago

Rather than praising some of these systems and lambasting others, CR should reach out to manufacturers documenting what their testing results were, and how to improve systems. We have CVE reporting, why not something similar for vehicle automation testing? It’s quite disappointing to see [unbiased] testers promoting some systems over others, rather than trying to up the safety/capability level across the board.

shajznnckfke 6y ago
This seems like a general argument against product reviews. The manufacturers are surely going to track the results of these tests and try to improve their rankings. Publishing the results doesn’t prevent that, it just gives consumers that information too when they are making choices about what kind of car to buy today. Keeping test results private wouldn’t be consistent with the Consumer Reports mission of informing consumers.
- agumonkey 6y ago
  Quite true. Gaming the metrics are a well known issue. And it's also linked to blind studies somehow.
  - totalZero 6y ago
    College rankings like USN&WR are a great example.
FireBeyond 6y ago
It's not a reviewers responsibility to improve a product. These companies are quite capable of figuring out partnerships and determining where there's a shared good to come from things.
kenjackson 6y ago
CR does reach out to manufacturers. They even give some of the feedback the manufacturers gave back to them in the article: "In response to requests for comment, GM said the system on its Buick Encore GX offers an “impressive amount” of standard active safety features that have been proved to reduce crashes. Mazda responded that its system was not designed or intended to center the vehicle in a lane and that the automaker doesn’t believe its vehicles are equipped with technology that meets the criteria CR is using in its evaluation. "

by danbr 6y ago

shajznnckfke 6y ago

This seems like a general argument against product reviews. The manufacturers are surely going to track the results of these tests and try to improve their rankings. Publishing the results doesn’t prevent that, it just gives consumers that information too when they are making choices about what kind of car to buy today. Keeping test results private wouldn’t be consistent with the Consumer Reports mission of informing consumers.

agumonkey 6y ago
Quite true. Gaming the metrics are a well known issue. And it's also linked to blind studies somehow.
- totalZero 6y ago
  College rankings like USN&WR are a great example.

FireBeyond 6y ago

It's not a reviewers responsibility to improve a product. These companies are quite capable of figuring out partnerships and determining where there's a shared good to come from things.

kenjackson 6y ago

CR does reach out to manufacturers. They even give some of the feedback the manufacturers gave back to them in the article: "In response to requests for comment, GM said the system on its Buick Encore GX offers an “impressive amount” of standard active safety features that have been proved to reduce crashes. Mazda responded that its system was not designed or intended to center the vehicle in a lane and that the automaker doesn’t believe its vehicles are equipped with technology that meets the criteria CR is using in its evaluation. "