According to a new American Automobile Association (AAA) study, automatic emergency braking (AEB) prevents low-speed rear-end crashes.
However, it sucks when vehicles travel at more normal speeds, according to a new American Automobile Association (AAA) analysis.
Starting September 2022, all new cars marketed in the US must come standard with AEB, which employs forward-facing cameras and other sensors to devote the brakes when a crash is imminent automatically. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety evaluates that AEB may assist prevent 28,000 crashes and 12,000 injuries by 2025.
Using four standard vehicles, AAA wanted to put AEB to the test to see how it’s moved since first rolling out to production vehicles nearly 20 years ago. But, unfortunately, what they found was not that great.
“Automatic Emergency Braking does satisfactorily at tackling the limited task it was developed to do,” said Greg Brannon, chief of AAA’s automotive engineering and industry associations, in a statement. “Unfortunately, that assignment was drawn up years ago, and regulator’s slow-speed crash standards haven’t grown.”
“Automatic Emergency Braking does well at venturing the limited task it was designed to do.”
The group designated four vehicles for testing, all of which came equipped with driver-assist features: AEB: 2022 Chevrolet Equinox LT; x2022 Honda CR-V Touring; Automatic emergency braking is not excellent at preventing crashes at average speeds.
According to a new study from the American Automobile Association (AAA), automatic emergency braking (AEB) prevents low-speed rear-end crashes but kind of sucks when vehicles are traveling at more normal speeds, according to new research from (AAA) the American Automobile Association.
Starting September 2022, all new cars marketed in the US must come standard with AEB, which uses forward-facing cameras and other sensors to automatically apply the brakes when a crash is imminent. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety evaluates that AEB may help prevent 28,000 crashes and 12,000 injuries by 2025.
Using four standard vehicles, AAA wanted to put AEB to the test to see how it’s progressed since first rolling out to production vehicles nearly 20 years ago. Unfortunately, what they found was not that great.
“Automatic Emergency Braking does well at tackling the limited task it was designed to do,” said Greg Brannon, director of AAA’s automotive engineering and industry relations, in a statement. “Unfortunately, that task was drawn up years ago, and regulator’s slow-speed crash standards haven’t evolved.”