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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.

Second this. Really impressed with Subaru's eyesight system. No false alarms till date. Twice in 3 years it alarmed when cars were turning in front of me and it was too close for the car to stay comfortable but i would have been okay with it. 3 times it has saved me from frontal crash at highway speeds by applying AEB.

I have a Hyundai with a similar system. In urban highway traffic, I've found it exceptionally good at reacting to drivers going from "barely braking" to "stopping hard" before I can physically react. Pretty incredible system.

> Other vehicles hard stopping in front of me is the most common occurrence

Wow, is mine defective? I have the same vehicle. My most common occurrence is backing out of my steep driveway at faster than 1 mph. We made a habit of disabling it as soon as we start the engine. The second most common occurrence is driving past the narrow neighborhood roundabouts everywhere in Seattle.

It’s worth mentioning that I’m only talking about Eyesight while driving forward. The rear ARB is radar controlled and very sensitive. I’d never say it’s false alarmed, but it’s very, very sensitive. It may be a matter of preference to some extent. At low speed in reverse I appreciate the added layer of caution.

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