FalconFour
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My problem is that there doesn't seem to be any sensible formula to it. AP is incredibly erratic about its following-distance, and once AP finally stabilizes when it's behind someone going slower than me with cruise control set, its distance at "7" is only almost imperceptibly different from its distance at "2" for example. Its following distance that it chooses at "7" seems too close to be "safe", and yet AP gets way WAY WAY closer (mentally FCW-inducing) when traffic is stopped ahead for example. So, given the inconsistency of how AP behaves, I can't find any way to be controlling the car above 50mph and trust that I won't get an "unsafe following" glitch for it. If it's dictated by AP's incredibly laggy logic, it could be virtually anything, and "the only winning move is not to play". In effect, the only "safe" following distance is infinite - the only way to be on the freeway is to use AP from onramp to offramp. So that's what I do. Disengage and die because AP is already following "too close"!An appropriate course of action in this scenario, even with no Safety Score, would be to fall back as soon as you see someone signal to get in, to open up as much space as possible.
You're quoting here the exact statement that I said makes no sense. Less than, and less than? It's like saying "Save up to 50% or more" - it's an infinite, unconstrained statement with no boundaries. What's it saying? Describe it in different words, maybe, if you understand it? When I read that statement, it read like a documentation error."Unsafe following is the proportion of time where your vehicle’s headway is less than 1.0 seconds relative to the time that your vehicle’s headway is less than 3.0 seconds."
Didn't even know this thread existed I only learned about it by this quote notification. Maybe ought to post it over in the Button thread so we can tie a bow on that one and throw the whole thing in the ocean.Replying here to your responses in the OFFICIAL BUTTON THREAD here, since it makes more sense to discuss Safety Score topics in the Safety Score thread.
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