Re:Motorists ‘are being misled by autonomous driving aids’ –...
by stephengillie on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:30AM
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> Sounds like you are also trusting that car. Would this system follow a car into a dangerous situation?
This is more true than it can seem at first. For the GP's point, adaptive cruise behind a car slowing to turn can cause unexpected braking and startle drivers.
Adaptive cruise around sharp corners exposes the current limits of self-driving car vision. These systems usually have a cone of vision in front of the car, that only sees stuff moving 25+ mph in the same direction. Once a leading car is too far around a curve, the adaptive cruise can lose track of the leading car and accelerate sharply.
Some adaptive cruise systems intentionally don't accelerate while on curves, likely for this reason.
This is more true than it can seem at first. For the GP's point, adaptive cruise behind a car slowing to turn can cause unexpected braking and startle drivers.
Adaptive cruise around sharp corners exposes the current limits of self-driving car vision. These systems usually have a cone of vision in front of the car, that only sees stuff moving 25+ mph in the same direction. Once a leading car is too far around a curve, the adaptive cruise can lose track of the leading car and accelerate sharply.
Some adaptive cruise systems intentionally don't accelerate while on curves, likely for this reason.