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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help. (www.forbes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

They didn't get the car brand new but it wasn't very old. Perhaps the previous owner turned on the setting

I have been in the settings and adjusted it but in the end it was just easier to turn the function off

Its probably awesome on the Autobahns but its a danger on windytight roads that I drive on. Probably 3 or 4 times it braked on me when there was no reason to do so. There's one bit near my approaching a roundabout and it beeps like hell at me to slow down at least 50% of the time. Fortunately I'm back in my own car now as I don't need the automatic (I injured my left leg)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, you should take that to a dealer and have the system re-calibrated. It's not supposed to act like that. If I had to guess, the previous owner got into a fender bender and had someone do the repair work on the cheap. Either that, or there's something in the front grill area blocking the radar setup intermittently.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Every automated car I've driven behaves like this. I don't buy it's a calibration issue (there's nothing to calibrate from what I've read on wiring diagrams, as that's not how auto manufacturers roll - they build components for things like this to be replaced).

    For example, I haven't heard of headlight aiming in forever, though it's something that used to be done with a relatively simple tool. And it's way simpler to do than calibrate a complex radar system for a car.

    This automation simply isn't quite ready for the real world, and I'd bet manufacturers are collecting data from many of these cars (so many have a connection back to the manufacturer via cell).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm only trained to calibrate the camera systems that tell you when you've drifted out of the lane, but the tool I use is capable of calibrating radar systems if you buy the more expensive accessory package. I'm certain because I have to scroll past the instructions for radar when pulling up instructions/parameters for Lane watch.

    Also, for what it's worth the sensors CAN be replaced, but they still have to go through an initial calibration/programming once installed into the car.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh, I don't have a comparative experience at all. But also once you touch the brakes all cruise control should turn off anyway so I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, I'm not talking about having cruise control on in any of my comments. Just driving with the pedals myself

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Oh, yeah, I see that now - I'm just in awe that issues like that are a thing (so I assumed the other system).

    But I'm intrigued what makes for such difference (cars/tech, environments, legislation? - like adaptive lights were a legislation issue in US).

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