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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 | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.786s | source
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ddoolin ◴[20 Nov 24 16:10 UTC] No.42195292[source]▶
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.)

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1. olyjohn ◴[20 Nov 24 16:25 UTC] No.42195486[source]▶
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.