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OK, it's good to know that it won't stop. But if it slows automatically it will still result in the same thing. All the other drivers just continue to cut you o

• caconym_ 3y ago
  Actually, maybe I misunderstood you. I thought you were talking about adaptive cruise but you may have been talking about automatic emergency braking. Interpreting your original comment in that context: AEB only kicks in at a point where maximum braking will result in you barely not hitting something in front of you, or maybe even hitting it at a low speed. Modern cars can stop very fast indeed with maximum braking so in practice this threshold is never crossed under normal driving conditions unless the software returns a false positive. It's not about maintaining a safe following distance—it's about stopping the car at the extreme edge of the safety envelope, beyond which no manual or automatic intervention could prevent a violent crash. False positives do happen but I think they are very rare or practically nonexistent in good implementations. I've never had it happen with my Honda.
  • troutwine 3y ago
    Theoretically OP's concern is still possible with AEB but it would require non-trivial coordination between offensive drivers where each subsequent driver comes in at a lower speed than the previous, cuts OP's car off -- now slowed -- with the same distance as previous in order to force a standstill. It would be a neat stunt driving trick.