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Offtopic: 30 brake vs 12 break in this thread so far. Common typo on the way to become an accepted alternative?
I wouldn't really want 'break' becoming an acceptable alternative, considering how cars braking and them actually breaking are likely to turn up in the same context and be really confusing.
I thought this an interesting video when Elon retweeted it. Basically the car is responding faster than the people do and keeping things from escalating. That said, having been on 101 when the cars in front start dancing like that I have to say my biggest worry isn't stopping in time its having someone behind me not stop.
I expect an autopilot could deal with that situation much better than a human as well. It should be able to predict if the car behind won't stop. Certainly better than a human driver could (if the human would even notice the car coming from behind with that happening in front). Then, assuming there is some space open in front, as there was in this case, it could accelerate to avoid the collision from behind. Now I'm…
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"speed wasn't that high (~110 km/h)" -- That is as fast as you can go on major roadways here in Brazil> I would say it is pretty fast... " In such situations, you should pray that there's no truck behind you." -- So true. Wouldn't the autopilot account for that before braking that fast? It would cause a much bigger problem if not...
for highway is really not that high, in my country the police does not even bother with you till 160 kmh. (130 is legal limit)
That said, 100km/h made sense in 1970, but now with the safety of modern cars, there's no reason that 130km/h shouldn't be the standard everywhere modern cars are prevalent.
This is the bit driving schools rarely (if ever?) teach and which many drivers never get a chance to think about until they find themselves in a stressful situation where they can end up making dangerous decisions. (And then, of course, most people do not think).
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Did you watch the video with sound on? The car alerts before the car in front brakes.
What I heard was an alert go off after the first (red) car slightly veered off to the right, allowing sensors to detect the second (black) SUV's abrupt stop.
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I disagree. Watch the horizon, e.g. by putting your mouse on it. During the beeping, well before the collision, the horizon moves upward suddenly, indicating that the nose of the Tesla is dipping due to sudden deceleration or braking.
You're right. What's confusing is the speed reading on the dashcam lags by about 2 seconds.
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No other car can do this actually. Only Tesla
I think Mercedes has a feature called PRE-SAFE Brake which does something like this.
My understanding is that a lot of recent year car models at least in Europe come with a safety feature exactly like this. Here is the video promoting Skoda's "Front Assistant" feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ounFkvTuobY If Skoda has it I am sure that all other models in the VW Group's line (VW, Audi, Seat etc) should have it.
I watched a similar video recently, but a car ahead avoided an accident and the car where video was taken from was rammed in the back because of a sudden stop. Which make me think maybe Tesla's response wasn't the best possible.
Link? The Tesla would be aware of the cars behind it as well, so this sounds unlikely
Offtopic: 30 brake vs 12 break in this thread so far. Common typo on the way to become an accepted alternative?