Comment by Night_Thastus

What's interesting to me is that in emergencies, apparently many people don't brake hard enough.

So now they've created brake-assist options that try to determine when such a case is occurring, and slam on the brakes as hard as the car is able.

As incredulous as that sounds, it's apparently improved overall safety.

From what I've read the tech has been around since the 90's but has become much more standard.