Cheap Vehicle Quote, AAA shows that not all auto-braking systems are created equal
Automatic braking systems cars are rapidly becoming more commonplace, and they will be standard on the majority of new cars by 2022. Although these features will eventually become standard, the American vehicle Association (AAA) discovered that their abilities are anything but.
AAA tested five 2016 vehicles, a Volvo XC90, a Subaru Legacy, a Lincoln MKX, a Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Passat to see how each car’s braking system reacted when a crash was imminent. Each of these cars had one of two kinds of emergency braking: a collision avoidance system or a collision mitigation system. The collision avoidance type attempts to avoid a crash altogether and can even fully stop the car before hitting an object ahead of it. A collision mitigation system, on the other hand, isn’t designed to totally prevent a crash. Instead, it tries to slow the car down to reduce the damage from the crash. AAA determined from the vehicles’ owner’s manuals that the XC90, Legacy, and MKX all have systems designed to try to prevent a collision, while the Passat and Civic are only able to mitigate a crash.