Tests Show Most Automatic Braking Systems Don’t Work With Pedestrians

Every 88 minutes in the U.S. another pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident. Safety advocates are excited about technology that can help prevent such crashes but new testing indicates it could be a long road.

[Nathan]

Adult crossing the street
Automatic braking system: stop
Child crossing the street
Automatic braking system: full send

[timmychanga]

“The results are worse at night”
*accidentally hits an actual person*

[robertdevito]

1:14
The suv was like “I don’t want to kill him, but I wanna give that little shit something to remember me by”

[John-jcty]

expert: the car fails to detect pedestrians 90% of the cases
car: actually detects the pedestrians but chooses to ignore them

[DONVITO]

You’re not supposed to depend on those features anyway.

[Kyle-nrnm]

You know how when you’re a kid, and they teach you to look left and right before crossing. Just do that!

[Michael_Sinclair]

Back in my day, we could take a 20 mph impact and still limp uphill both ways through the snow to school.

[stalkkoisas]

- You don't have to look to cross the street, son. We are in the future!
- Ok mom!
0:37

[brownleafbeards]

“The biggest thing that we’ve uncovered with these scenarios is that people should look both ways before they cross the street”

[fricky]

Haha, blurring out the emblems as if we can't tell what cars they are.

[liberationpocket]

Me: *"slow down, there's a kid up ahead"*


Car: *...So anyway*

[robertheller]

People that dive in crowded streets in third world countries: Pathetic

[ilakya]

AI: "That doesn't look like human" - Slam the
accelerator

[mrburgermaster]

1:15 Just fast enough to teach them a lesson, lmao.

[gcastillo]

The CR-V was like.... “ahhh let me hit him” 😂

[elevated]

"It's not reliable".
Ah, so it's pretty much like most drivers.

[xatarskoftespie]

Reporter: "This car failed to detect a child walking onto the street"
Me: *dies of laughter as the kid gets absolutely destroyed*

[JetHawk]

This is how I like getting my kills in COD warzone.

[BETMARKonTube]

My only concern is that it should be an *"extra help", * but people thinks that's a substitute of the driver's own attention.
So they can keep looking at the smartphone while driving.

[cesarg]

0:48 LMAO I thought he was gonna say "it hit them both of them"