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My MB van also has similar serious issues with buggy auto-braking. Once, while driving head-on into a bright sun, it decided it was time to apply full brakes wh
by solfox 3y ago
My MB van also has similar serious issues with buggy auto-braking. Once, while driving head-on into a bright sun, it decided it was time to apply full brakes while driving highway speeds on a busy highway, in a vehicle with a GVWR of around 9,500 lbs. That wasn't fun and could have easily caused an accident involving multiple cars.
My Tesla, which is probably the leader here, regularly makes mistakes - though never really to the point of forcing braking. Often it will warn me on my narrow street of objects like parked cars it thinks I will hit, but it seems a little more polished than MB.
If regulators want to force this on all car manufacturers, they really need to also mandate certain tests and features - plus OTA updates to recall any bugs... My guess is that most car makers just don't have the workforce to develop these features, so forcing them to roll them out will mean even worse bugs!
- midoridensha 3y ago>they really need to also mandate certain tests and features - plus OTA updates to recall any bugs OTA updates for braking systems will result in hackers wreaking havoc. The security implications of this are enormous; it's like putting your country's nuclear reactors on the internet. Updates should only be done in-person at the dealership, for free.
- HPsquared 3y agoThey would need to mandate certain security requirements then. So the rule needs a rule to fix it, which needs another rule to fix that, and so on.