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Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH

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32 points LinuxBender | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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alvah ◴[20 Nov 24 15:24 UTC] No.42194679[source]▶
I very much doubt AEB saves anything like as many lives as "studies" claim, for the simple reason the "studies" will not be able to account for the number of times AEB hauls on the anchors, unexpectedly, for no reason at all. This has happened to me 3 times in the last few years, fortunately with nobody behind me, and likely causes more accidents than it avoids. It will be good when it's production ready.
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HPsquared ◴[20 Nov 24 15:34 UTC] No.42194787[source]▶
Lane keeping assistants can be pretty bad too. I have a relative with a 2018 VW that has a lane keeping function, and it's swerved the car out of nowhere a couple of times (or at least, maybe it made a small correction which startled the driver and caused them to swerve - either way it's a human interaction nightmare).

I think it's kept in some kind of standby mode at low speeds then kicks in automatically when over a certain speed, when IT chooses to kick in and can take the driver by surprise, the car tries to move to the centre of the lane (or what it thinks is the lane).

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1. DoingIsLearning ◴[20 Nov 24 15:48 UTC] No.42194977[source]▶
As a big defender of ADAS in general and after experiencing active Lane Keep (not LDW) in several rental vehicles, while on holiday, I feel that they genuinely make driving on countryside roads and mountain roads more dangerous.
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2. angry_moose ◴[20 Nov 24 16:12 UTC] No.42195316[source]▶
That's been my experience. They apparently have no "understanding" of single lane roads. ~2022 Toyota and a 2025 Ford.

Multiple times they attempted to steer me back into the oncoming vehicle because it thought I was too close to the edge. You can disable it but only for the current trip; so every time we got back in we had to go through a 2-3 minute checklist of disabling the murder settings.

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3. whycome ◴[20 Nov 24 16:31 UTC] No.42195569[source]▶
> disabling the murder settings

Why is owning a modern car such a nightmare...? I suspect there's also a weird overlaid anxiety when one feels like they are "co-piloting with an unpredictable partner" rather than just driving.