My car will turn ON the automated features if it suspects a crash is imminent. This has saved me previously, when the car in front of me rapidly changed lanes revealing a car waiting to turn left directly in front of me. My car SLAMMED its own brakes and managed to stop faster than I thought a car could stop, and I hadn’t been using the intelligent cruise control or anything.
But I guess Ford is less worried about the software getting a possible bad rap since they’re, you know, a car company.
Working in this exact sector as a software developer, I get that this comes from the safety principle: When in doubt, do nothing. It is safer to not apply brakes when you’re unsure so you do not cause an accident that would be avoided by doing nothing. However you cannot sell this as a safety feature to just switch off when you’re sure an accident is about to happen. That’s just stupid.
Wow. If true, that’s exceptionally stupid.
My car will turn ON the automated features if it suspects a crash is imminent. This has saved me previously, when the car in front of me rapidly changed lanes revealing a car waiting to turn left directly in front of me. My car SLAMMED its own brakes and managed to stop faster than I thought a car could stop, and I hadn’t been using the intelligent cruise control or anything.
But I guess Ford is less worried about the software getting a possible bad rap since they’re, you know, a car company.
Working in this exact sector as a software developer, I get that this comes from the safety principle: When in doubt, do nothing. It is safer to not apply brakes when you’re unsure so you do not cause an accident that would be avoided by doing nothing. However you cannot sell this as a safety feature to just switch off when you’re sure an accident is about to happen. That’s just stupid.