[tidbits]

Toyota's safety sense system has saved me from minor accidents a few times. It has never auto applied the brakes, but the alarms and brake assist have been really helpful on freeways during abrupt stops. My girlfriend, on the other hand, hates her Honda's auto braking system, as it triggers too easily, even on the lowest setting. I've seen it regularly trigger when pulling up to sensor controlled gates.

[browningstreet]

I have a Toyota and my auto-braking alarm thing has only gone off a few times... all very clearly my fault for losing attention for a brief moment. To be honest, I have no idea if it's gone into applying-brake-mode. I'm guessing yes, but... it hasn't been often nor can I even remember really what happened. I do know that it prevented crashes, whether it applied the brakes or alerted/scared me into doing so.

There has never, ever been a false alarm though. Not even once.