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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Great until it doesn’t….
virusrex
I have read some people commenting that this kind of automated responses take away a lot of the driving freedom and feel negatively about becoming more and more common, but studies like this help understanding that even if that were true the benefits from the automatic emergency systems greatly surpass that perceived negative side. I hope in the future better and better ones are developed and installed as standard and this will be reflected in a reduction of the frequency and seriousness of the accidents involving those vehicles.
Raw Beer
I hope these things can be switched on and off, I can imagine situations where they can be problematic or irritating
kurisupisu
I’ve been in a taxi where automatic braking saved us from a collision.It was abrupt and violent but we didn’t crash.
Desert Tortoise
I'm one of those old school drivers who emphatically do not want my car thinking for me. With most recent purchase, I deliberately chose a used version of the vehicle I wanted specifically to avoid automatic braking, which is standard on the newer models of that vehicle. I would have purchased one with a manual transmission if that was offered ( in Europe my vehicle is only sold with a manual so there is hope for a future conversion ). Today the lowest common denominator reigns, incompetence is assumed, and those of us who who are competent and who enjoy the challenge of operating a motor vehicle smoothly and skillfully are no longer catered too. We are forced to buy vehicles with electronic nannies we detest, or we buy older analog vehicles and restore them.
Desert Tortoise
I wonder how these automatic braking systems would deal with some of the really tight narrow curvy roads I drive from time to time, or piles of snow on the road that are harmless if you hit them but where applying the brakes hard could lead to a lot of trouble. Likewise would the automatic braking feature hit the brakes as I was pulling out to pass a big truck on a two lane road because I got a little close as I was accelerating to pass? I don't want to find out.