[tialaramex]

A lesson from the ABS experience has influenced the design of AEB systems. The problem isn't so much that humans abuse the ABS to drive in harsh conditions as that they don't understand that they're relying on the ABS at all. They go around a bend too quickly and they don't think "Man, I nearly came off there, good thing ABS intervened to keep the car going where I point it" but instead "I'm great at this driving thing, a less skilled driver would come off there".

In AEB systems the emphasis is on dramatic interventions when calamity is imminent. So for example rather than gently brake pre-emptively because you seem to be getting a bit close, AEB is focused on braking very hard at the last moment, this doesn't feel like your skill saved you, it feels (correctly) as if the automated systems kicked in to avoid a crash.