New Mercedes CLA causes accident!
Discussion
What Car Magazine recently filmed the CLA. And as you can see, more than once during their time with the car, it decided that the best thing to do, was perform an emergency stop for no f
king reason! In one case causing the car behind it to rear end it!
These st systems are so badly calibrated nowadays they need to be banned immediately!
Mercedes UK press office, of course say "its not a problem, and the car is working fine" and have the temerity to blame the photographer in the car in front!
Only a matter of time before this becomes a regular thing! And Mercedes are on the TV trying to cover their arse!
I briefly drove a friends A class (177) last year, and just moving at slow speeds in a car park, it decided there was a risk and jammed the brakes on for no reason. I genuinely thought Id been rear ended at speed it was so violent!
king reason! In one case causing the car behind it to rear end it!These s
t systems are so badly calibrated nowadays they need to be banned immediately!Mercedes UK press office, of course say "its not a problem, and the car is working fine" and have the temerity to blame the photographer in the car in front!
Only a matter of time before this becomes a regular thing! And Mercedes are on the TV trying to cover their arse!
I briefly drove a friends A class (177) last year, and just moving at slow speeds in a car park, it decided there was a risk and jammed the brakes on for no reason. I genuinely thought Id been rear ended at speed it was so violent!
Two extremely relevant details the OP chose to ignore for the actual event where the collision occurred.
The car in front that caused the braking to occur had a photographer travelling in the open boot of that car, at speed and in close proximity, and the car behind that rear ended the CLA was driving too close and couldn't stop in time.
It doesn't seem at all surprising that the automatic braking might activate if it detects a person in that scenario, it's hardly a normal driving event.
Nothing to see here methinks.
The car in front that caused the braking to occur had a photographer travelling in the open boot of that car, at speed and in close proximity, and the car behind that rear ended the CLA was driving too close and couldn't stop in time.
It doesn't seem at all surprising that the automatic braking might activate if it detects a person in that scenario, it's hardly a normal driving event.
Nothing to see here methinks.
The reason the Model 3 rear ended the CLA was that the journalist driving the Model 3 was driving too close to the CLA, when the AEB in the CLA kicked in.
In the real world, any human driver could themselves brake sharply or do an emergency stop, for whatever reason, so if you are driving too close to the car in front, what do you expect.
In the real world, any human driver could themselves brake sharply or do an emergency stop, for whatever reason, so if you are driving too close to the car in front, what do you expect.
BunkMoreland said:
What Car Magazine recently filmed the CLA. And as you can see, more than once during their time with the car, it decided that the best thing to do, was perform an emergency stop for no fking reason! In one case causing the car behind it to rear end it!
These st systems are so badly calibrated nowadays they need to be banned immediately!
Mercedes UK press office, of course say "its not a problem, and the car is working fine" and have the temerity to blame the photographer in the car in front!
Only a matter of time before this becomes a regular thing! And Mercedes are on the TV trying to cover their arse!
I briefly drove a friends A class (177) last year, and just moving at slow speeds in a car park, it decided there was a risk and jammed the brakes on for no reason. I genuinely thought Id been rear ended at speed it was so violent!
Slightly biased view from you of course. These systems are never perfect but that doesn’t mean we shouldnt progress with them. Undoubtably they have saved many many many multiples of accidents from happening. ABS wasn’t always perfect maybe we shouldn’t have bothered. Airbags weren’t perfect maybe we should not have bothered etc etc etc. king reason! In one case causing the car behind it to rear end it!These s
t systems are so badly calibrated nowadays they need to be banned immediately!Mercedes UK press office, of course say "its not a problem, and the car is working fine" and have the temerity to blame the photographer in the car in front!
Only a matter of time before this becomes a regular thing! And Mercedes are on the TV trying to cover their arse!
I briefly drove a friends A class (177) last year, and just moving at slow speeds in a car park, it decided there was a risk and jammed the brakes on for no reason. I genuinely thought Id been rear ended at speed it was so violent!
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