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officeplanttoday at 5:42 PM3 repliesview on HN

>Automatic braking alone is a huge deal

Except I had to turn it off for my Ford E-Transit, because it will freak out at nothing. Sometimes it screams at me for cars that aren't even in my lane that suddenly slowed. Sometimes it misjudges a ripple in the crappy asphalt here as an obstacle I'm going to hit. There is a high chance its going to brake for no reason at all and cause an accident.

I left the warning system on, but I will never give it control over the brakes.


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Loughlatoday at 8:58 PM

Any time I crossed a bridge near me that is kind of steep and has a structure over it, the automatic braking engaged HARD. Like hard enough that I nearly caused accidents until I figured out how to turn it off.

Not great.

uuddlrlrbabatoday at 5:57 PM

Fords seem notorious for this but usually can be fixed. Have you tried driving it to a dealership and trading it in?

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throw1234567891today at 5:50 PM

Good news, everyone. Soon you won't be able to switch it off.