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by jim180 407 days ago
Same thing happened to my wife, while driving at about 110km/h…luckily no one was behind her.
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Braking at any point is safe with a competent driver behind. There's a reason we know our stopping distances and don't follow excessively closely.
Alas half of drivers are worse than average.

I'm one of them. Yet I still haven't had a situation where "lane assist" or "front assist" has actually been a good thing.

That is unrealistic. If you expect the brake perhaps but the most competent thing to do in case of an emergency brake is doing nothing.
Not on a hard curve with oncoming traffic.