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

I've got a 2019 Subie Outback and the AEB is pretty good. It really only engages in very tight circumstances above a certain speed (and probably only lower than a certain speed) i.e. I'm pretty sure it will let me rear-end something if I'm crawling slowly enough. Prior to enaging AEB, the beeping is very loud with a very short interval.

(I traded in my 2017 Tesla Model S to get the Outback and I've never regretted it.)

Interesting, Subaru's eyesight from that generation is notoriously bad. I have a 2020 Outback and it will slam on the breaks when a car in front of me is decelerating to turn even though it is fully out of the lane. It also will yell at me about overhead tree branches that are at least 2-3 feet above the car.

My mom has a 2024 Outback. Once in a while, when I'm in traffic changing lanes, it locks onto the car in front of me. Even though I've changed out of the lane with the slower traffic, it still thinks I'm going to rear end the car in my previous lane and slams on the brakes. This is really scary because I'm pulling into a faster lane and trying to accelerate to match their speed. But out of nowhere I'm suddenly braking in front of faster traffic. Not good.

My mom was telling me how this car doesn't let her hit anything. She was saying this as she was parking her car in front of mine, and let it bump into my car. Pretty annoying that people get used to these systems and think that they are foolproof.

I have a 2019 Impreza with the Eyesight tech and I have only had it engage the AEB a couple of times since purchasing it in Feb 2019.

Maybe something is out of whack with your cameras?

I've never had that happen; it's hard to compare without knowing the changes between generations or years. That said, the only real issue I've had is that the TACC is slow to start accelerating again when the car in front turns or changes lane. I think this is probably intentional though, as it seems pretty quick to react in other instances.

Regarding AEB specifically, I've probably only ever had it engage 2-3 times on the road, ever.

2017 Subaru Forester here. The emergency braking on it likely saved the life of the previous owner. The only situation where mine has not met my expectations is when a car ahead of me was making a right turn, and I estimated it as clearing my lane in time but the vision system didn't agree.