sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@beehaw.org · 29 days agoOne In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Liveswww.carscoops.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOne In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Liveswww.carscoops.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@beehaw.org · 29 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoWhy would you turn off the auto-brake?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoBecause, as I explained, it doesn’t fucking work right. It autobrakes for cars that are next to me stopping in a turn lane. Clearly this showed up on testing, and if it didn’t then they did a real shitty job testing it. And this isn’t on a cheap car.
minus-square14th_cylon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agobecause it has A LOT of false positive errors (meaning it triggers when it shouldn’t)
Why would you turn off the auto-brake?
Because, as I explained, it doesn’t fucking work right.
It autobrakes for cars that are next to me stopping in a turn lane.
Clearly this showed up on testing, and if it didn’t then they did a real shitty job testing it.
And this isn’t on a cheap car.
because it has A LOT of false positive errors (meaning it triggers when it shouldn’t)