All Cars Sold in the US Will Soon Have to Be Able to Automatically Avoid a Crash
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#2Ongoing discussion [0] (28 points, 14 hours ago, 79 comments)
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#3FYI: they mean "up to 62mph"
Anyway, placing the dividing line at 62mph is interesting because many areas (in the US) fluctuate between 55mph and 65mph speed limits. What was once a seemingly arbitrary difference in speed will now carry more implications.
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#4I posted this same comment on the other thread, but it's worth noting here too.
Headline: Most Small SUVs Are Bad at Automatic Emergency Braking, IIHS Says
https://www.thedrive.com/news/most-small-suvs-are-bad-at-aut...
"The SUVs that participated in the test were the Subaru Forester, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Ford Escape, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Mitsubishi Outlander, Chevy Equinox, and the Volkswagen Taos. Of those ten SUVs only one (!) received the IIHS' "Good" rating—the Subaru Forester. After that, only two were rated as "Acceptable," the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. The Ford, Hyundai, and Jeep were rated "Marginal," while the rest were sent home with "Poor" ratings and their heads hanging low."
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#5Because people are on their phone while driving
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#6May have the ability too, but doesn't mean will.
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#7Article says,
> Unsurprisingly, automakers are unsure whether this is possible
I'm in the same camp. I don't think technology will become mature enough in the stated timeline to make sure this is actually possible without creating a huge ton of false positive triggers (phantom braking).
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#8Laws to make cars smaller and drive slower will do 100x more to make crashes less deadly than fancy electronic gizmos.
Not to mention all these electronics make the car much more expensive and harder to repair.
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#9I posted this same comment on the other thread, but it's worth noting here too. Headline: Most Small SUVs Are Bad at Automatic Emergency Braking, IIHS Says https://www.thedrive.com/news/most-small-suvs-are-bad-at-aut... "The SUVs that participated in the test were the Subaru Forester, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Ford Escape, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Mitsubishi Outlander, Chevy Equinox, and the Volkswage…
Oh I was quite surprised. I drive a Subaru Forester myself and thought it does quite well.
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#10FYI: they mean "up to 62mph" Anyway, placing the dividing line at 62mph is interesting because many areas (in the US) fluctuate between 55mph and 65mph speed limits. What was once a seemingly arbitrary difference in speed will now carry more implications.
Since this means the system isn't required at freeway speeds, I'm curious if it's from some understanding that the possibility of phantom braking could cause more harm/pileups on the freeway?