Seeing in the Rain (Cars With Lane Keeping Systems)
by Fnord666 from SoylentNews on (#5YRW7)
The American Automobile Assn. (AAA) took a look at the performance of automatic lane keeping systems. They found that in simulated moderate to heavy rain, cars that employed ALKS veered from their lanes 69% of the time. Even worse, in testing at moderate speed (56 kph/~40 mph), about a third of the cars struck a static vehicle target (note, these targets look like a car, but are lightweight, fly apart on impact, and are quickly re-assembled).
Trade magazine article here:
https://www.ukimediaevents.com/publication/9db0dd6b/32
(Warning, it's an annoying "online magazine" format--but can be downloaded to pdf for reading offline.)
If you have a car with one of these systems, what has been your experience?
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