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by kccqzy 774 days ago
Article says,

> Unsurprisingly, automakers are unsure whether this is possible

I'm in the same camp. I don't think technology will become mature enough in the stated timeline to make sure this is actually possible without creating a huge ton of false positive triggers (phantom braking).

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Our Toyota Corolla hybrid has successfully done this and mitigated a collision at 100 km/hr (60 mi/hr) once or twice with only a handful of non serious false positives (i.e. when turning a corner that has cars parked on it or people crossing the road nearby) in the 4 years we've owned it.

We live in Australia so we regularly do a cross country 1800km+ trip to travel between the cities, and there are hundreds of overpasses. I don't recall ever getting phantom braking during one of these trips.

I would highly rate Toyota safety sense as one of the best ADAS on the market despite being not very sophisticated in comparison to i.e. Tesla.

I have no idea why you’re being downvoted; this is a legitimate concern. If these systems have the capability to apply full braking force at 90 mph, there will be instances when they get confused by a shadow and cause the very type of collision they’re intended to prevent.
Except it's already been the law in Europe since 2022.

Automakers can and will make AEB.