Thread: Autonomous Braking.

SWMBO's Rubicon has it and it is pretty unintrusive. The only time i've experienced it working was when idling in drive with me not paying attention it nearly ran into the back of the 130. It probably preserved my marital bliss so I reckon its a good thing.

Regards,
Tote

The partners equinox has this but thankfully it can be turned off - which it is now as when we leave the estate we live in, one of the tighter streets we go through causes the car to slam its brakes on several times thinking your about to have a crash when coming up behind parked cars - it's bloody dangerous and almost caused a car behind me once to run into me (who didn't have such tech). Now it just flashes a red light on a HUD and makes the seat vibrate but doesn't brake for me now thankfully.

A mate of mine has it on a late model van, he hates it,has caused him to nearly **** himself a couple of times.

An example is going along slowly following another vehicle that was turning left into a driveway,he went to go around the turning vehicle and the van braked violently.

Luckily there was know one behind or there is a good chance he would have been rear ended.

One of my nieces has it in her top of the range BMW or Audi (I forget which) and she reckons it's bloody dangerous on the high speed autobahns in Germany as it's brakes for no apparent reason apart from what some designer has put into the computer as being too close to the car in front.
The drivers following her are doing what all good drivers should be doing and that's looking at the situation far ahead not at the bumper of the car in front and then suddenly her car is braking and those behind hit the brakes hard. It's not just her car of course but all the ones with the latest gadget supposedly to make driving safer.
AlanH.

I'm sorry, but I think a lot/most of this new in car safety Tec is just Dumbing Down Driving!
Why can't drivers be situationally aware? Learn to brake properly, drive to stay in their lane, learn to control over/under steer, turn their head, etc?
I will sound like an old fart, which I am, I was ought to drive, mainly, by an ex race driver who took us out on dirt race tracks in Mini's, we soon learnt car control.
People are learning to rely on the car saving them, bad mistake in my opinion.
The new stuff is not all bad but should people rely on it?
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

I'm sorry, but I think a lot/most of this new in car safety Tec is just Dumbing Down Driving!
Why can't drivers be situationally aware? Learn to brake properly, drive to stay in their lane, learn to control over/under steer, turn their head, etc?
I will sound like an old fart, which I am, I was ought to drive, mainly, by an ex race driver who took us out on dirt race tracks in Mini's, we soon learnt car control.
People are learning to rely on the car saving them, bad mistake in my opinion.
The new stuff is not all bad but should people rely on it?
Jonesfam

Totally agree, some of it is useful for safety but a lot is taking control off the driver .

There's been some very interesting insights posted here...very cool guys.

[QUOTE=jonesfam;3077648]I'm sorry, but I think a lot/most of this new in car safety Tec is just Dumbing Down Driving!
Why can't drivers be situationally aware?
I will sound like an old fart, which I am......./QUOTE]

That strikes a cord with me so I am in agreement with you. I saw a comment somewhere recently - not AULRO - about us more mature drivers rejecting new cars with their touch screens, computers, driver aids etc which comment also gained my favour.

I do like the Traction Control, ABS, rear diff lock and the rear camera with sensors. Being in the market for a new fourby has caused me some serious introspection about what I really want in a car. My needs are simple - the aforementioned electrickery, A/C and heater, radio and a basic CD player. I have no wish to have a pretty screen on the dash and having to press pictures to get to the options list of what I want to do. Talk about driver distraction followed by sirens and flashing lights. Give me rocker and rotary switches every time plus their use quickly becomes instinctive as muscle memory comes in to play.

I fully agree Grumbles, far too many "must have" gadgets in cars these days to distract drivers. A bloke I know has a top of the range Rangie and he reckons he doesn't use most of it as it's completely un-necessary for his driving. Why the heck do people need stuff which tells them they're wandering around in their lane? If they had their mind on what they're doing they wouldn't be wandering surely?
Pity they don't use their design skills and making cars which actually have indicators you can see working these days instead of the crap to amuse idiots.
AlanH.