r/technology • u/DomesticErrorist22 • Jan 24 '25

Transportation Trump administration reviewing US automatic emergency braking rule

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-administration-reviewing-us-automatic-emergency-braking-rule-2025-01-24/
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u/spigotface Jan 24 '25

Some car manufacturers have better systems than others and can avoid this. Simple systems will slam on the brakes. Others can take into account the fact that there previously wasn't a car in front of yours and suddenly there is, and can apply the brakes much more gently or even just coast to open the gap. Others tie into cameras that are built into the car and use object detection software to understand that a car merged into your lane and that it's not a reason to suddenly slam on the brakes.

A lot of Toyotas I've driven over the years as rentals loved to slam on the brakes. My girlfriend's Subaru Outback handles it much more like a human would and just gently open up some distance to the car ahead.

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u/tiredofthebull1111 Jan 24 '25

i genuinely hate the adaptive cruise control mechanism. I’m literally fighting with it over control of my car on the freeway…

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u/Jodid0 Jan 24 '25

I hate that it slams on the brakes if its going even 1 mph over. It looks like you're brake checking people because the stupid ass car wont let it coast back down to the right speed, or god forbid it lets off the gas. Adaptive my ass.

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u/iJuddles Jan 24 '25

Can’t you adjust the settings so that it advises rather than overrides?

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u/Dank_Turtle Jan 24 '25

Depends on the car but, usually yes. I’ve yet to see a car myself that doesn’t have that option

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u/seaspirit331 Jan 24 '25

Mine doesnt

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u/DoctorNurse89 Jan 24 '25

You can turn it off...

That's just it... you can turn any of these systems off if you dont like it

Read the manual!

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u/DaMemeThief1 Jan 25 '25

ACC implementations vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. I personally never had issues with it in my '21 CX-30. But there's others that are poorly designed.

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u/Price-x-Field Jan 25 '25

Then turn it off. I love mine, probably different car to car 🚙

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u/Sirefly Jan 24 '25

But I know and this is going to happen and I switch off the adaptive cruise control for a second and then turn it back on when I get past the other car.

The times it goes off when it's not supposed to it just pisses me off, but the time it goes off when it needs to saves a life.

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u/Personal_Ad9690 Jan 25 '25

Use your turn signal and this doesn’t happen