U.S. safety board to demand automatic braking on most cars — via drivingdotca Technology IndustryNews
To be clear, the vast majority of safety devices which have been mandated into our vehicles end up being a net positive: seatbelts keep us buckled in during a crash, backup cameras help with parking, and lighting laws permit us all to see appropriately at night without blinding oncoming traffic. Still, it sometimes takes a hot minute for manufacturers to get it right, leaving frustrated customers to deal with wonky equipment.
For example, the scourge of motorized seatbelts rose to the fore thanks to a “passive safety” mandate, one which caused some car companies to deploy workarounds instead of immediately complying with freshly installed airbags. The same goes for backup cameras; those of you with sharp eyes will recall some vehicles simply grew an unsightly goiter on their trunk lid to house the camera and didn’t earn a smoothly integrated unit until the next full redesign.
The camera for Rear Cross Traffic Braking and Front and Rear Parking Assist with Automated Braking in a 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSEThe same could happen with automatic emergency braking. While the tech is fine when programmed properly, OEMs who are either rushed or recalcitrant to include the tech on low-margin models may end up fitting gear which meets the letter of the law, but not the spirit.
In other words, there is already a vast gulf between “good” AEB systems and half-baked ones which simply stab the brakes at the merest hint of impending doom . Here’s hoping car companies have budgeted sufficient greenbacks to fully flesh out any system they federally mandated to include in our vehicles.
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