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> The rear-ending problem will be solved as automatic emergency braking becomes standard on cars. Already, it's shipping on almost all high-end cars and 70-80%
by tablespoon 6y ago
> The rear-ending problem will be solved as automatic emergency braking becomes standard on cars. Already, it's shipping on almost all high-end cars and 70-80% of midrange cars. There's a US auto industry goal of it being standard by 2022. That's probably the main feature needed for self-driving cars to coexist with human-driven cars.
Not necessarily. I have a Honda, and the system in my car is deliberately designed to only mitigate a collision, not prevent one (e.g. it will only engage at the last second to slow the car, not stop it). I'm speculating, but I'm guessing the idea is to discourage people from "testing it out" or relying too much on it.
- xyzzyz 6y agoThe system I have in my Subaru is pretty useful, and warned me a few times when the vehicle in front of me has suddenly slowed down or stopped. However, it has too many false positives, and if it actually tried to brake every time, the false positives would have been very annoying and I would disable it.
- sjcoles 6y agoIt's generally split into two steps: forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking. Usually you can adjust the distance of the FCW in your infotainment system. I have to or even slight curves trigger it. I have only had AEB kick in once when a driver decided to suddenly u-turn on a 45mph road and it saved my car from being totaled. As always read the owners manual to know the limits. Most AEB systems are only rated to reduce the severity of a crash not prevent it from occurring.
- xyzzyz 6y agoYeah, that makes sense. The automatic braking has never triggered for me, but the collision warning triggers pretty regularly (probably at least once a week) on one part of my commute, right around going uphill here https://goo.gl/maps/r7LpqzHq3Wqg6N8S7 https://goo.gl/maps/r7LpqzHq3Wqg6N8S7 where the system thinks I'm about to hit the parked white van, instead of realizing that the road is curved. > Most AEB systems are only rated to reduce the severity of a crash not prevent it from occurring. I think that Subaru actually calls their system Pre-Collision Braking.
- thebruce87m 6y agoIt will be due to false positives. By the time the system is really sure you are going to hit something it’s probably too late to stop.