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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 | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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techdmn ◴[20 Nov 24 15:35 UTC] No.42194803[source]▶
I have a Tesla with AEB that drives me up the wall. I'm often driving in heavy traffic, and occasionally need to quickly, but smoothly, stop within a few feet of the vehicle ahead. My car decides I'm cutting it too close, engages full automatic braking, jerking the car to sudden stop with a 10 foot gap. Sometimes the vehicle ahead will even start moving before my car is stopped, but it has decided to stop and stop it shall. Cannot override even by flooring the accelerator. I miss cars that did what they were told, when they were told to do it. For the record I've never rear-ended anyone.
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1. Swizec ◴[20 Nov 24 16:21 UTC] No.42195437[source]▶
> I have a Tesla with AEB that drives me up the wall. I'm often driving in heavy traffic, and occasionally need to quickly, but smoothly, stop within a few feet of the vehicle ahead. My car decides I'm cutting it too close, engages full automatic braking, jerking the car to sudden stop with a 10 foot gap

Oh so that’s what that is! That’s why Teslas are so annoying on the road.

It’s super dangerous when I’m motorcycling in rush hour traffic and cars in front of me unpredictably slam their brakes with plenty of room to go.

Another frustrating part is when you’re following 2 cars driving side-by-side on a curve and one of them keeps tapping their brakes because it thinks the car in the other lane is an obstacle. The lights come on and you’re never quite sure if it’s going to slam the brakes or just lightly tap them.

Usually this is a frustration because I’m trying to lane-split between the cars so I’m following at a relatively short distance and slowly getting closer.

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2. techdmn ◴[20 Nov 24 19:36 UTC] No.42197333[source]▶
As a fellow cyclist, I feel your pain. I learned to drive on cars that didn't even have ABS. I wish I could buy an electric car that was as dumb as a rock. It would be illegal to make and sell one, but maybe I'll build one when I retire. ;-)