Automatic Emergency Braking

[CybertruckPilot]

So, with the Cambridge shooting in the news, it got me wondering. If someone in a Cybertruck was driving along and saw that shooter, and there was a realistic opportunity to end it by running over the shooter, would the Automatic Emergency Braking prevent the driver from actually hitting the shooter with the truck? For this question, I'm not interested in a discussion on whether it would be a good idea, the weapon, etc.. etc..., I'm just wondering about the Emergency Braking & what it might do.

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[UberNoob]

Good question, if being swarmed by a mob, could I just run them over and escape the situation.

 

[CybertruckPilot]

Good question, if being swarmed by a mob, could I just run them over and escape the situation.

Exactly. AI says that drivers can always manually override the software, but, you know ... AI.

 

[Patriot]

That is an interesting question. I've had emergency braking activate in my M3 before when it didn't think I was slowing down fast enough when a car in front of me was turning, but I don't think it's ever done it when I had my foot on the accelerator. I've certainly never been in a situation where there was a pedestrian dangerously in my path. A couple of years ago, there were videos of a CT that got caught in a mob and had to drive through to escape. The not-so-peaceful protestors were more on the sides of the truck than in front of it as I recall, but maybe that's an indication that you could push through it (at least slowly) if you had to. I would think that the truck would try to stop, and then maybe you would be able to let off of the accelerator and re-engage. This is important information to know in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. Now I'm really curious.

 

[Outdoors]

Usually a Tesla Manual will cover these things. Which it does.

Automatic Emergency Braking does not apply the brakes, or stops applying the brakes, when:

• You turn the steering wheel sharply.
• You press and release the brake pedal while Automatic Emergency Braking is applying the brakes.
• You accelerate hard while Automatic Emergency Braking is applying the brakes.
• The vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian is no longer detected in the front or rear of the vehicle.

Multi collision things with AEB post can be different, but a different discussion.

 

[RonM]

Good question, if being swarmed by a mob, could I just run them over and escape the situation.

Just put it in MOB mode!

 

[CybertruckPilot]

Usually a Tesla Manual will cover these things. Which it does.

Automatic Emergency Braking does not apply the brakes, or stops applying the brakes, when:

• You turn the steering wheel sharply.
• You press and release the brake pedal while Automatic Emergency Braking is applying the brakes.
• You accelerate hard while Automatic Emergency Braking is applying the brakes.
• The vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian is no longer detected in the front or rear of the vehicle.

Multi collision things with AEB post can be different, but a different discussion.

It sounds like "You accelerate hard ..." may be the answer, if the manual is accurate in this case.

 

[K-Tall]

It sounds like "You accelerate hard ..." may be the answer, if the manual is accurate in this case.

It emergency breaked for a rabbit and almost got us rear ended. All was well accept the driver behind us lost it a bit.

 

[Outdoors]

It emergency breaked for a rabbit and almost got us rear ended. All was well accept the driver behind us lost it a bit.

Highly doubt that was AEB. If it was it would show in alert screen as active. In about a million miles of Tesla driving, I've had aeb lockup maybe four times. It was always warranted in every case and I can tell you it feels like a five-point harness coming to a complete stop with eyeballs popping out.

 

[Gigahorse]

It emergency breaked for a rabbit and almost got us rear ended. All was well accept the driver behind us lost it a bit.

Yea, the small animal thing needs to change. My truck SLAMMED on the breaks for a squirrel, tossed the tools in my truck vault hard and put me inches from getting rear ended.

 

[MCraft99]

Might as well test it out with an inflatable person?

I've experienced at low speeds ~10-15mph it hard brakes & beeps for dogs/cattle and I can't drive forward, even when pressing the accelerator fully down.

 

[CybertruckPilot]

Might as well test it out with an inflatable person?

I've experienced at low speeds ~10-15mph it hard brakes & beeps for dogs/cattle and I can't drive forward, even when pressing the accelerator fully down.

Interesting. So, sounds like you may have a disagreement with the Tesla Manual.

Maybe someone who likes Utube clicks can put up the inflatable human and test it out. I'm actually kind of surprised that someone has not already done that, unless I just missed it.

For those who have had folks behind them with problems when CT braked hard, if they can't slow down behind a braking Cybertruck, they are tailgating WAY too closely. Doesn't make it any better if you are rear-ended though.

 

[MCraft99]

Interesting. So, sounds like you may have a disagreement with the Tesla Manual.

Maybe someone who likes Utube clicks can put up the inflatable human and test it out. I'm actually kind of surprised that someone has not already done that, unless I just missed it.

For those who have had folks behind them with problems when CT braked hard, if they can't slow down behind a braking Cybertruck, they are tailgating WAY too closely. Doesn't make it any better if you are rear-ended though.

I'm sure others have experienced people walking behind their vehicles at parking lots where it hard brakes for them. I haven't personally had anyone run out behind me. I've only had it show the red glow on the sides where the person is coming from but I'm already holding the brake by the time they're visible.

I've had dogs run out behind me as I'm backing up and it locks up the brakes until they get out of the way.
I've also had cattle slowly walk in the pathway of a dirt road in front of me and it hard brakes. I tried to inch forward to nudge them out of the way but it wouldn't go forward at all. I honked and had to wait for them to clear out from directly in front, to be able to drive forward. None of this was in FSD. All manual driving.

In off-road mode, it disables the ultrasonic sensor beeping and camera detection. That's the only way I know of forcing the vehicle to drive into obstacles. I have a coworker that said his wife panicked and fully pressed on the accelerator instead of the brake with a vehicle in front of her. Her model Y wouldn't drive forward and prevented a collision.

 

[Outdoors]

I sometimes still think people never read manuals for the truck they own. Come to the intrawebs to find answers when they are actually right on the touch screen of the truck.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_ae/GUID-8EA7EF10-7D27-42AC-A31A-96BCE5BC0A85.html

What some here are confusing with AEB is the following:

Obstacle-Aware Acceleration
Obstacle-Aware Acceleration is designed to reduce the impact of a collision by reducing motor torque and in some cases applying the brakes, if Cybertruck detects an object in its driving path. The displays a visual warning and sounds a chime when the brakes are automatically applied. For example, Cybertruck, while parked in front of a closed garage door with Drive engaged, detects that you have pressed hard on the accelerator pedal. Although Cybertruck still accelerates and hits the garage door, the reduced torque may result in less damage.
Obstacle-Aware Acceleration is designed to operate only when all of these conditions are simultaneously met:

• Drive or Reverse is engaged.
• Cybertruck is stopped or traveling less than 10 mph (16 km/h).
• Cybertruck detects an object in its immediate driving path.

To disable Obstacle-Aware Acceleration, touch Controls > Self-Driving and then touch Obstacle-Aware Acceleration.


I use FSD most of the time, but this works well. Not perfect, great for younger generation that may accelerate into back of another car when the car decided not to go ahead of them.

This is what would show in alerts. The obstacle aware does not put an alert.

 

[Beetlebug62]

Zombie mode; we need zombie mode to allow FSD to mow down the unliving wishing to do us harm.

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