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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by taeric on Friday June 02, 2023 @06:16PM (#36171512)
We don't know it makes dangerous mistakes. Randos on the internet assert that. The data shows fairly convincing evidence is reduces wrecks.

Is it a new behavior and jarring when engaged? Certainly. Should we keep watching the data for problems? Certainly. Should folks report all problems so that they are tracked? Certainly.

Do most people actually have trouble driving safely? Despite their insistent view of how great they are at driving? ...

Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by Dylan16807 on Friday June 02, 2023 @06:22PM (#36171574)
Do I need to go find dashcams? We know it makes dangerous mistakes. Come on.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by taeric on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:09PM (#36171997)
This is not one I will cede without evidence, so yeah. With the amusing extra burden that I have yet to know a safe driver that used a dash camera.

I have been in a car where the alert went off that it was engaging aeb. The driver was far too close to the car in front of us...

Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by Dylan16807 on Friday June 02, 2023 @09:21PM (#36172775)
Let's see, what can I find on youtube in a couple minutes of searching. In increasing order of wrongness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLRRBHNjCn4 There's a car that it's reasonable to worry about, but it was clearly braking and almost stopped by the time AEB kicked in, and AEB kept going as that car went to zero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO6tJnM_HSs Adaptive cruise was already in control and working fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCk6yrN453c Absolutely nothing in front.

And whatever happened here probably counts: https://theintercept.com/2023/01/10/tesla-crash-footage-auto...