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The quality of these systems varies wildly IME. If your car has a good one, they are quite useful. If your car has a glitchy one they are dangerous. How do we

• jacquesm 3y ago
  Set some standards and 100% transparency on cases where they fail, mandatory disclosure of every case where they phantom brake and what the cause and end result was. Unlike seatbelts or airbags where there is very little downside these can cause perfectly safe situations to turn into nasty accidents.
  • pcthrowaway 3y ago
    They should be equipped with cameras at both the front and rear and ship off a recording of what was occurring on both cameras in the seconds leading up to and following every time the emergency brake systems engaged. Only then can they determine what percentage of a specific emergency brake system's engagements actually make things more dangerous or are responsible for accidents. Then they should hold the auto makers accountable, and require them to fix or replace fault vehicles
• perlgeek 3y ago
  > How do we keep the glitchy ones off the road? Extended return policy? Make the unit swappable/replaceable? Treat a failure as a cause for vendor warranty. Either the vendor has to fix it, replace it or refund the car.