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This is one of the nanny features of the new Toyota Tacoma trucks. It is part of the "Toyota Safety Sense P" package that includes also Lane Departure Alert, Automatic High Beam, and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control. Page 236 and following in my manual.
Regarding the Pre-collision braking, the manual (p 244) says that when a collision seems extremely high, the brakes will be applied automatically, that is without driver input. This is akin to a self driving feature. Seems it could cause all kinds of issues since there is no regard to what is coming from behind, or can be subject to malfunction and misinterpretation of data coming from the front facing camera and radar. WOW.
So a jackrabbit can pop across the road in front of the vehicle and your brakes get slammed on without your input and the car behind you crashes into you!
What is your on the road experience and opinion of these nanny features of the Tacoma (and other new vehicles)?
Do you turn these features off if you don't want them?
Regarding the Pre-collision braking, the manual (p 244) says that when a collision seems extremely high, the brakes will be applied automatically, that is without driver input. This is akin to a self driving feature. Seems it could cause all kinds of issues since there is no regard to what is coming from behind, or can be subject to malfunction and misinterpretation of data coming from the front facing camera and radar. WOW.
So a jackrabbit can pop across the road in front of the vehicle and your brakes get slammed on without your input and the car behind you crashes into you!
What is your on the road experience and opinion of these nanny features of the Tacoma (and other new vehicles)?
Do you turn these features off if you don't want them?