I think you're misinterpreting my point. This was in response to all the autopilot "experts" who think that such an accident couldn't possibly happen on autopilot because of their personal experience (which btw is at most a few hundred thousand miles, nowhere near enough to prove the safety of anything). They're also ignoring the fact that the manual explicitly lists responding to stopped vehicles as a weak point in the system.
You guys are correct it says radar in our car but the intent is the same. I believe the radar should give closure rate something much harder to do with cameras I think and it should not be susceptible to darkness or most whether conditions. Don't get me wrong guys I use the hell out of all the automation and for me its errors are generally on the conservative side like the sometimes tentative lane changes in NOA. These headlines just catch my attention.
The problem with stopped vehicles is that the closure rate is exactly the same as everything else that's not moving (i.e. the road, overpasses and things close to the lane like parked cars, trees, signs, etc.). It doesn't have enough resolution to identify stopped vehicles with 100% reliability.
I hear that. Late one night I was traveling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles on I-5. Autopilot was on and I was getting drowsy. I shut it off so I would have to drive, and thus (hopefully) overcome my drowsiness. Made a couple stops for Supercharging. And coffee.
Who is to blame for AEB apparently not engaging? I don't believe the AEB system requires driver attention.
My experience is different over two years and tens of thousands of miles. Autopilot handles the scut-work so I can focus on the long and wide views. This is far less tiring and safer.
