Automatic Emergency Braking is amazing and it never gets talked about. I’ve logged 40k miles in my 2019 Subaru with Eyesight and it very reliably notices dangerous situations. Other vehicles hard stopping in front of me is the most common occurrence, and it always hits that sweet spot of me being glad it alerted me so I could brake before it had to.
I’ve had one instance where it went straight to braking - I took a right turn at low speed onto a neighborhood street and encountered a cyclist in my lane coming quickly and directly towards me, about 20 feet away. The car stopped itself. It was jarring but I wouldn’t say it was an overreaction.
I can only think of 1-2 cases where it’s truly given a false alarm - both at low speed on a city street with thick steam coming from a manhole in front of me, which Subaru says in the manual is a difficult situation. Both times I only got a momentary audible alarm; tap the brakes and it stops.
The reliability of AEB definitely varies by manufacturer, but I’m impressed by it.
I’ve had one instance where it went straight to braking - I took a right turn at low speed onto a neighborhood street and encountered a cyclist in my lane coming quickly and directly towards me, about 20 feet away. The car stopped itself. It was jarring but I wouldn’t say it was an overreaction.
I can only think of 1-2 cases where it’s truly given a false alarm - both at low speed on a city street with thick steam coming from a manhole in front of me, which Subaru says in the manual is a difficult situation. Both times I only got a momentary audible alarm; tap the brakes and it stops.
The reliability of AEB definitely varies by manufacturer, but I’m impressed by it.