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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:15AM (#41310523)
> None of the "safety technology" we've added in the last decade has worked

Forward Collision-Avoidance systems really great.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by dopylitty on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:54AM (#41310916)
Except they barely work for cars[0] and don’t work at all for pedestrians[1]

0: https://newsroom.aaa.com/2022/09/braking-bad-automatic-emerg...

1: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a26469713/iihs-testing-suv...

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:59AM (#41310969)
They work very well on cars[0]

0: https://newsroom.aaa.com/2022/09/braking-bad-automatic-emerg...

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by cmiller1 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @11:00AM (#41310980)
I've experienced this in a Subaru CrossTrek, several times while driving down back roads it started beeping at me "OBSTACLE DETECTED" and then slammed on the brakes when there was nothing in front of me.
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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @12:03PM (#41311542)
Back roads meaning dirt roads? Could it be the cameras mistaking dust for an obstacle?
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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by cmiller1 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @08:06PM (#41315420)
Nope, just regular old paved winding back roads.
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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by jiveturkey on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:40AM (#41310770)
i disable mine. 100% false positives. agree though, great for the masses.
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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @11:01AM (#41311002)
You might be an aggressive driver. haha
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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @04:18PM (#41313835)
Eh, phantom braking is definitely a problem. It's gotten better, for sure, but I've definitely had times where there was nothing within 1/4 mile in front of me on the highway and suddenly it slammed the brakes.

When I first got my Tesla in 2019, there was one specific overpass that I would go under during my commute that seemed to have a ~20% chance of triggering automatic emergency braking. I got into the habit of preparing to stomp the throttle which would override AEB.

Luckily, a software update came out a few months in that seemed to fix that specific case. Now, I've done 1,300 mile road trips that didn't have a single phantom braking incident.

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