Are ADAS - Advanced Driver Assistance Systems - a bargain for car buyers? Mostly no

GordonD on 12/07/2024 - 09:28
Last edited 12/07/2024 - 10:34 by 1 other user

A study from the US's Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has looked at whether ADAS actually works.

And they've found that mostly they have resulted in no reduction in crashes. Blind spot monitors. Lane keeping assistance. Their potential to reduces crashes doesn't translate into any actual reduction.

The exception is forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking which produced an 8-13% reduction in crashes, depending on the model.

So the safety regulators punish vehicle manufacturers with poor vehicle safety ratings unless they fit the various ADAS devices as standard, meaning car buyers have to pay for them, and they don't work. They push up the price of cars with bringing down the subsequent cost of crashes and insurance.

• 1
• 2

• 

  CurlCurl on 14/07/2024 - 13:03

  I have a Volvo XC40 and I find the driver aids to be sensational

  Why does that not surprise me?

  • 

    [Deactivated] on 18/07/2024 - 09:40

    Our old Ford Focus too. Literally took the entire system from Volvo when they have owned them. Most intuitive system I have came across and it works.

• 

  2025 on 14/07/2024 - 13:17

  Quite often, those complaining about they annoying beeps and warnings need it the most - they fail to realise they are half in a bike lane, that there is someone in the blind spot, and they aren’t using their indicators to change lanes.

  This research was using older cars, between 5-7 years old atleast. It can only get better.

• 

  CurlCurl on 14/07/2024 - 15:24

  Quite often, those complaining about they annoying beeps and warnings need it the most - they fail to realise they are half in a bike lane, that there is someone in the blind spot, and they aren’t using their indicators to change lanes.

  Citation please.

  • 

    2025 on 14/07/2024 - 18:54

    Really?

    The nature of fault is different for older
    and younger road users. Crashes in which
    older drivers are considered to be most at
    fault tend to be the result of poor decision-
    making or a failure to detect and act on
    important information

    https://research.qut.edu.au/carrsq/wp-content/uploads/sites/…

    As Jinkook Lee - University of Tennessee in An Empirical Analysis of Elderly Consumers’ Complaining Behavior

    points out, the elderly are more likely than any other age group to complain to friends and family about poor products and purchases, and we’re all friends on the internet aren’t we.

    • 

      CurlCurl on 14/07/2024 - 21:02

      https://research.qut.edu.au/carrsq/wp-content/uploads/sites/…

      The study says Age-related conditions that *MAY impair driving ability include:

      ° Diminished hearing and eyesight; Not with me. Pass my eye test (no glasses) and medical every year.
      ° Slower decision-making; Not with with me
      ° Slower reflexes and reduced agility; Definitely not with me. My reflexes are quicker than my three teenage (aged 13, 16 and 18) grandchildren.
      ° Reduced muscle strength and response. At my advanced age I still do weights, have good definition and exercise daily.

      Older road users have reported
      difficulties with:
      ° Changes in road rules and technology; Yep, A lot do. So do a lot of drivers. I keep up with the road rules. You see in threads here a lot of posters have no idea.
      ° Other drivers’ attitudes (e.g., aggression); I don't give sh!t about other drivers aggression.
      ° Traversing roundabouts; I love roundabouts. Best things ever if, people knew how to use them.
      ° Judging distances and speeds;* Not a problem*.
      ° Fatigue (especially on long trip;* Nope. Love driving, been driving all my life, and still drive long distances*.

      Older drivers typically limit their risk by
      avoiding driving at night or in peak hours. Not me.
      They are more likely to take short urban
      trips in familiar areas, where their risk per
      kilometre travelled is similar to that of
      other drivers. Not me. I will drive anywhere, Regularly go on road trips with my partner. This year we are doing Birdsville via Brisbane.

      If you are wondering about my age. Last Monday I turned 79.

      Friends? Yep, with some. We should get on well.

• 

  [Deactivated] on 18/07/2024 - 09:39

  The amount of people with their heads down whether they are driving it station at the lights (phone? Or whatever they are checking out), without ADAS, there will be a lot more crashes.

• 1
• 2