Nothing is perfect, some limitations of

the AEB to consider:

Though the AEB is a great car safety feature
that has saved many lives, it still has some
weakness that could be improved upon.
One of the main weakness of the AEB would be
the limitation of its sensory tools, which is
currently a technology not widely used by the
public. These limitations range from faulty
detections during bad weather conditions
(poor visibility) to the lack of 360 sensing tools,
which means rear accidents are completely
ignored by the AEB. Another thing to mention
would be that if the car is travelling at too fast
a speed, the AEB may not have enough time to
apply the brakes fast enough to totally avoid
an accident.
(Graph showing braking distance found in Euroncap, 2012)

Another Weakness of the AEB is its reliability
on the braking systems. Poor Braking System
may in turn increase the stopping distance of
the vehicle. And since the brakes are applied at
maximum force when the AEB brakes
automatically, the driver may slam onto the
wheel due to inertia, risking more damage
instead of decreasing it.
However, these limitations can be mitigated
through the usage of other car safety features
such as seatbelts, anti-lock braking systems
and rear side sensory devices.





























Bibliography

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http://www.euroncap.com/files/AEB-
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O'Donnell, J. (2011, July 19). Automatic Braking
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http://www.thatcham.org/files/pdf/A
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http://www.trw.com/integrated_syst
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tic_emergency_braking

How can I get AEB?
Though it may be view as expensive by
many of the low budget drivers, when
considering the amount of safety features
it provides, and with a Volvos AEB being
the cheapest example costing around
$800, the AEB is more than affordable to
most drivers. AEB however cannot be
implemented onto pre-existing cars and
are easily damaged when in the course of
a collision, so that might be a limitation to
consider as well.
(Though this graph from Thatcham, 2014, does not show the
reduction of deaths in Canada specifically to AEB, AEBs was
one of the car safety features that helped contribute to this
statistic)

How can I trust this car safety feature?
The Automatic Emergency Braking System
is said by the Australian AEB Stimulation
program to reduce the amount of fatal
crashes by 25%, and the chance of getting
injured when driving cars by 30%. Other
facts from a UK Insurance Company also
indicate a decrease in the amount of
pedestrians killed by cars with AEB
installed.



Automatic Emergency Braking
System (AEB)
Both a sensing device and an
automatic brake applier, the AEB
is a great car safety feature for
anybody concerned over the
safety of themselves or their
family on the highways.
In what kind of situations is AEB
useful?
One of the most common form of car accidents
is frontal crashes. According to a study, it
accounts to at least 26% of all crashes found
throughout the United States (TRW). As cities
become more and more densely packed, and
as more and more people drive cars, car
accidents that commonly happen in road
intersections such as this is becoming a daily
occurrence in a city life. Though many of these
accidents can be avoided if the drivers
reaction speed in braking is good enough, not
all drivers at all situations are able to do so,
Such as when the driver are drunk or tired,
which may affect the drivers mental health to
apply the brake in time. This is when the AEB
kicks in, and helps you brake just in time to
avoid a fatal accident.

So how does AEB work?
A combination between a sensing device and
an automatic brake applier, the AEB works and
prevents accidents through the detection of
cars using a wide array of sensing tools, from
radars to infrared sensors that produces a
visual model of the road ahead. It then
attempts to calculate if there is a possible
collision course between the 2 vehicles. If the
car with AEB installed is approaching another
vehicle at a high speed, and that collision is
likely, then as stated by Glenn A in case the
drivers reaction time is too slow to respond to
it by manually braking or avoiding it, the AEB
will brake the car automatically. If the car was
detected early enough, the AEB has a chance
to slow down the vehicle fast enough to avoid
the accident, or at least reduce the impact
force in the case of a collision.
How does braking earlier help?
Most car crashes are fatal due to
there being too high a force on both
sides pushing each other when the
vehicles collide each other, as stated
in Newtons Third Law. The higher the
force, the more damaged the car and
driver is. By braking the car (though
the car will still move by a certain
amount of distance due to inertia), the
cars speed will gradually decrease
until it stops. Since acceleration =
velocity/time, by reducing the speed,
the acceleration will decrease as well.
Given that Newtons second law
states that force = mass/acceleration,
by reducing the acceleration, the cars
force will decrease as well. When
there is less force, there will be less
damage caused towards both drivers
and vehicles.








An image by thatcham.org that shows how the
sensory devices work
Thrust Force caused by car
Friction of ground
amplified by wheels