[toomuchtodo]

That’s exactly the problem. It’s a radar discrimination/GPS resolution/mapping data fusion issue.

They’re pushing hard on the front facing radar to avoid accidents like the fatality of the Floridian driver who wasn’t paying attention when the tractor trailer crossed the road, and false positives are the side effect. Better to rapidly decelerate then be dead.

[coldtea]

>Better to rapidly decelerate then be dead.

Even better to non-rapidly decelerate when it's not needed, since that can also have one killed.

[stephengillie]

What if cars had rear adaptive cruise sensors? They could modify their follow distance by averaging the follow distance of the car behind them.