Honda CR-V

[Morris Minor]

The Subaru does this when it's raining really hard or the windshield is dirty or fogged. Basically the measurements from the safety sensors aren't reliable enough to be useful/safe.

Not sure what's used for what on the CR-V but there's the center-high one on the windshield (swept by the wipers) and there's a lidar (guessing) on the grille just below the Honda "H"

[MrH]

Pretty sure we have the exact same system.

Cameras up by the rear view mirror are for lane keep assist (it's visually tracking the lane markers). The radar in the grill is tracking the distance of the car in front for active cruise control and emergency braking.

[Morris Minor]

The CR-V intervened when I was on my way home yesterday in the rush hour. I was cruising along at about 45 when someone a couple of cars ahead jumped left into the lane and caused emergency braking by all concerned. I jammed on the brakes in a "Fuuuuck!!!" moment but the Honda did not think I'd jammed them on hard enough. The anchors came on ultra hard and stopped me a few feet from the car in front. It was a weird to feel the brake pedal mash down under my already-mashing (I'd thought) foot.

I braced myself for the rear impact but it never came. The truck two cars behind had to mount the median to avoid impact with the lady behind me.

I'm guessing the perpetrator had no idea what they'd done: the fog of stupidity.

Anyway, I was impressed,

[AutobahnSHO]

The CR-V intervened when I was on my way home yesterday in the rush hour. I was cruising along at about 45 when someone a couple of cars ahead jumped left into the lane and caused emergency braking by all concerned. I jammed on the brakes in a "Fuuuuck!!!" moment but the Honda did not think I'd jammed them on hard enough. The anchors came on ultra hard and stopped me a few feet from the car in front. It was a weird to feel the brake pedal mash down under my already-mashing (I'd thought) foot.

I braced myself for the rear impact but it never came. The truck two cars behind had to mount the median to avoid impact with the lady behind me.

I'm guessing the perpetrator had no idea what they'd done: the fog of stupidity.

Anyway, I was impressed,

They should program those systems to honk and flash the lights upon hard emergency braking.

[r0tor]

Something like 90% of people never hit the brakes hard enough in a panic stop... ///M School advice was "attempt to snap the brake pedal off"

[Eye of the Tiger]

Something like 90% of people never hit the brakes hard enough in a panic stop... ///M School advice was "attempt to snap the brake pedal off"

That's why I've been rear ended 3 times, and counting ...

edit: 4 times. I forgot one.

[Morris Minor]

Something like 90% of people never hit the brakes hard enough in a panic stop... ///M School advice was "attempt to snap the brake pedal off"

Yup - that's the advice my kids got in advanced driving school.
Q: You're on the highway and a refrigerator falls off a truck in front of you. What do you do?
A: Try to break off the brake pedal. Try to steer around it. Let ABS & stability control do their thing.

[CaminoRacer]

I don't have ABS and normally brake too hard. I'm lucky I haven't flat spotted any tires.

[12,000 RPM]

ABS on the KIA sucks. I don't trust it. The back gets squirrelly

Does need new brakes, fluid and tires all around though so

[r0tor]

The beauty of the brake by wire system in the Giulia is it will make sure damn sure you hit 100% full brake potential pretty much instantly under an emergency stop... It's like deploying Krazy glue

[CALL_911]

Thing is, the hard part about Alfa ownership is getting it going

[r0tor]

Hey now, Alfa engines don't feature the Honda self destruct design