All road vehicles should have autonomous emergency braking

IronGiant

Is that the one that ends in "...in my rear view mirror"

mikes48

That's the one

Bl4ckGryph0n

The pedal doesn’t pulsate, and yes I’ve experienced it twice as per earlier in the thread. You can feel your pedal braking harder then you do, but more obvious your dashboard light up like an Amsterdam window

And the key here as you said yourself, you braked earlier, as such there is no need for aeb to kick in as it is a backstop. You likely also didn’t brake that hard if the hazards didn’t engage either.

imightbewrong

A friend of mine went to Silverstone a few weeks back to do a few laps in a Porsche Macan with a pro instructor.  He usually drives an RS4 so he (thinks he) knows about performance driving.  He said it was incredible how much more the car was capable of than he thought, with the instructor continually telling him to brake later and harder than he would have thought safe, but around it went.

Part of the 'lesson' was seeing the effect of the different levels of auto assist - they turned them on and off and put it through its paces.  The best one, he said, was the 'sudden motorway obstacle' test.  I.e. cruising at 70, painted line on the road to avoid.  With the full tech enabled he waited and waited until they couldn't stop in time even with full braking, so steered around it under full braking - it changed lane like there was nothing going on.

So anyway, these gadgets seem pretty handy.

Trollslayer

That was how I realised AEB had been triggered, it was a fast but smooth braking.

Smiffy 2

My new 3008 has got AEB and a clever "lane keeping" gizmo. Go anywhere near a white line without indicating and the car gently steers it's way back into the centre of the lane you are supposed to be in. This, combined with adaptive cruise control allows me to roll cigarettes much easier.

mjn

Hold on......what about if no other car is around (so no need to indicate)? So for example, cruising along, the motorway splits and you need to change lanes. You check mirrors / over shoulder(s), no cars (so no need to indicate) so change lanes. The car tries to force you back in lane?

So you have to indicate?

Bl4ckGryph0n

Best to signal always anyway, better to have the habbit, and what if there is a participant who you may not have seen, at least they are then aware of your intentions.

Smiffy 2

You can still go over the white lines without indicating, but you will just "feel" a gentle resistance through the steering. Like all of these safety features, you can switch them off if you don't want them working. I can switch the AEB off if I want to, but why???
If I am around town or driving on very narrow roads I will switch the "lane keeping" off, but always remember to switch it back on again if driving dual carriageways/motorways/longer journeys.
It could be a life saver.

mjn

I’m not going to go into indicating debate again, but when you do things out of habit, is when you take your eye off the situation. And just because you indicate, doesn’t give you any right to change lanes.