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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by midoridensha on Thursday June 01, 2023 @10:19PM (#36160069)
Interesting; when did this happen? From my experience, ~2017-era cars had it only as part of cruise control.

Keeping it on at all times sounds like a terrible idea for cars used in the US, because it's a developing nation with extremely poor road quality. In developed nations, it's probably OK because you can count on the road markings being good almost everywhere, but not in the US.

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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by imp0cat on Friday June 02, 2023 @12:25AM (#36161051)
I think it only turns on above certain speed and yes, it can get easily confused by various road imperfections.

But yeah, you need to make sure there is a physical button on the steering wheel or somehere on the dashboard to easily enable/disable it. Otherwise it can be annoying.

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