ftmaybe
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I call it slow downs because it is not full on brake. Could it be better? Sure! Is it as dangerous as some try to picture it? No! If it is for you then you are not paying attention to the road when driving. Read the disclaimer before you activate AP. You are still responsible and need to pay attention to the road and be ready to take over and not to look what you got on the back seat or take a nap.
The claims of full on braking and/or being dangerous are not hyperbole. There are YouTube videos posted recently showing abrupt deceleration of 25 or more miles per hour. That’s absolutely dangerous when other cars around you do not expect this at all because there is actually no event to react to.
Further - there is a big difference between paying attention to the road / being ready to take over and hovering your foot over the accelerator just because at any random time the car might slam on the brakes. Really, once you are on a roulette wheel of random braking there is zero benefit to any level of driver assistance. Driver assistance should reduce driving stress. IMO spending your time being anxious about when the next random braking event will happen greatly increases driver stress.