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I seem to remember an old Top Gear feature where they were trying to crash a car with autonomous braking. To be honest I am a bit uncomfortable with the idea of switching off a feature that to outsiders would appear to be there to protect pedestrians etc. If you cast your mind back to the tragic ca...

Jonquirk wrote:And yet the IAM has stated that AEB is the must have safety feature we should all be looking for when we change our car.

I suppose if all cars were so fitted, then a ‘false alarm’ from the front car would test the efficiency of the systems in all the following cars .

I seem to remember an old Top Gear feature where they were trying to crash a car with autonomous braking. To be honest I am a bit uncomfortable with the idea of switching off a feature that to outsiders would appear to be there to protect pedestrians etc. If you cast your mind back to the tragic cas...

We might have to disagree ;) but if (as per my answer to Waremark above) the driver reads the manual, and knows that under 28mph within a certain zone an obstruction / moving target / etc. will cause it to activate, then you would have known that a person moving into that zone might trigger braking...

you as driver are responsible for how the car behaves under your control, your job to know how the system will operate, and to anticipate etc. Really? How much control do you think you'll have over a [semi-]autonomous car that is "under your control"? Do you really expect manufacturers to...

If you stop suddenly for no good reason where there is following traffic that is likely to be negligent even if the following traffic is driving too close to also be able to stop safely. That would also be my view. So, going back to the original topic, could the car manufacturer be guilty of an off...

. . . the icy road/bend scenario? You could be driving quite safely at below 45km/h with good visibility etc. in the knowledge that an emergency stop would be inadvisable/hazardous Go on then, I'm having a hard of thinking day, please explain that paradox :) The immediate thought that came to mind ...

Regarding 1 - I don't think it matters how hard you brake, if the car behind runs into you, they're going to have a hard time defending it. I suspect that it could be argued that if the driver in front has no reason to brake but does so anyway then the driver behind would have a defence. Isn't that...

Thoughts (which may or may not be helpful!) - There is increasingly a gap between a car's technology and the driver's understanding of how it will work - perhaps we need to get into more of a habit of understanding how it will work... and not assuming we understand (e.g. assuming the speed at which...

My car (Skoda Kodiaq) terrified me last night. On a winding narrow road, in a 20mph zone, the car did a full-on emergency stop with absolutely no warning. The dashboard showed that the 'front assist' was responsible. After recovering and driving off I was wracking my brain to try to think what the c...