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Toyota has a good one: it gives me a beep and turns the screen red, but I have to start braking by myself, at which point it takes over and adjusts braking forc

by Tade0 4y ago

Toyota has a good one: it gives me a beep and turns the screen red, but I have to start braking by myself, at which point it takes over and adjusts braking force so as to not hit whatever is in front of me. False positives usually happen when there are cars parked along a turn, but I ignore this completely. Over the course of the five years I had this car it prevented a collision twice this way.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
> Toyota has a good one: it gives me a beep and turns the screen red, but I have to start braking by myself, at which point it takes over and adjusts braking force so as to not hit whatever is in front of me. This way takes away the biggest advantage of this systems - that they can react before you do.
- Tade0 4y ago
  Thing is it does react before I do - in those two situations I would have probably continued on my path for too long and brake too late to avoid a collision.
  - KptMarchewa 4y ago
    It does not brake, just waits for your reaction.
toss1 4y ago
Wow, I've had the same thing in two different cars (Ford & Mazda), and it is awful. Always false alarms, never in time that I could brake at a time that I wouldn't otherwise, and distracting enough to be a real worry. The only situation I can conceive of it being useful is if the driver is falling asleep on the highway. What were the situations where yours triggered and actually helped?
- Tade0 4y ago
  First was my first day with glasses - I didn't anticipate that my depth perception would be so different so the sensor beeped when traffic in front of me stopped due to a changing light. Second was the car in front of me hitting the brakes when I was looking in the rearview mirror because both of us wanted to overtake the truck in front of us - that other person in the last moment decided not to do it. Or perhaps they weren't planning on that and just didn't see the truck - I didn't see them indicate.
  - toss1 4y ago
    Interesting thanks - could see how it could have helped in those situations. And in both, you managed to see/hear the warning and brake in time - impressive!

by Tade0 4y ago

KptMarchewa 4y ago

> Toyota has a good one: it gives me a beep and turns the screen red, but I have to start braking by myself, at which point it takes over and adjusts braking force so as to not hit whatever is in front of me. This way takes away the biggest advantage of this systems - that they can react before you do.

Tade0 4y ago
Thing is it does react before I do - in those two situations I would have probably continued on my path for too long and brake too late to avoid a collision.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  It does not brake, just waits for your reaction.

toss1 4y ago

Wow, I've had the same thing in two different cars (Ford & Mazda), and it is awful. Always false alarms, never in time that I could brake at a time that I wouldn't otherwise, and distracting enough to be a real worry. The only situation I can conceive of it being useful is if the driver is falling asleep on the highway. What were the situations where yours triggered and actually helped?

Tade0 4y ago
First was my first day with glasses - I didn't anticipate that my depth perception would be so different so the sensor beeped when traffic in front of me stopped due to a changing light. Second was the car in front of me hitting the brakes when I was looking in the rearview mirror because both of us wanted to overtake the truck in front of us - that other person in the last moment decided not to do it. Or perhaps they weren't planning on that and just didn't see the truck - I didn't see them indicate.
- toss1 4y ago
  Interesting thanks - could see how it could have helped in those situations. And in both, you managed to see/hear the warning and brake in time - impressive!