I recently rented a huge truck (the biggest you can rent with a normal car drivers license) and it had a ton of high tech stuff, lane departure warning, speed warnings, auto braking, and so much more.
The issue was when I was on the highway going 70mph (the max speed of the truck, also artificially restricted) there was a tiny side road with a speed limit of 35mph, and the truck on the highway slammed the brakes with warnings on the dash that I was exceeding the speed limit of 35, but I’m on a highway with a speed limit of 75mph.
Stupid technology. Makes things more dangerous than it should be.
I recently rented a huge truck (the biggest you can rent with a normal car drivers license) and it had a ton of high tech stuff, lane departure warning, speed warnings, auto braking, and so much more.
The issue was when I was on the highway going 70mph (the max speed of the truck, also artificially restricted) there was a tiny side road with a speed limit of 35mph, and the truck on the highway slammed the brakes with warnings on the dash that I was exceeding the speed limit of 35, but I’m on a highway with a speed limit of 75mph.
Stupid technology. Makes things more dangerous than it should be.
See it regularly here, especially when the overpass is a regular road. Cars slamming on the brakes on the highway at an overpass isn’t great.
Also concerned, and honestly expecting, this will be primarily applied to visibly ethnic groups (aka not white guy in a suit)
Article specifically says the tech does not affect braking