Great question. Last week, I was coming out of a multi-lane roundabout and accelerating quickly onto an on-ramp of a motorway and I got the beep & flashing, but not much else. Also, I'm not sure why it even went off because from what I could see nobody was near the front of me...unless maybe something was on the side of me?
I’m pretty sure you can override the breaks if you accelerate, at least I could on my Golf 7R which was more sensitive than the Mustang but it did save my ass once which I was grateful for.
hold my beer!Tailgate closer and see what happens...
I don't think you choose what it does, just the warning and sensitivity sensitivity as per the italicised paragraph. Even on the least sensitive settings it will still apply the brakes.You can choose what it it will do:
Most of the warnings I get are not exactly false, but things I'm already aware of and feel will clear without any collision, so I don't want it to apply the brakes for me. I have it set to either alert or brake support (can't remember), but would not use "active braking" as I don't think the system is good enough for that yet and don't want somebody to hit me from behind if the system suddenly brakes.
The system might have helped me avoid a collision or two during two years of use though, so the occasional not really needed alerts are worth it imo and mostly they happen when I'm in a rush and pushing things a bit.
That's not how I interpret it. My interpretation is that sensitivity applies only to the visual/audible alerts and nothing else, since the paragraph explicitly talks about alerts and warnings only.
Yeah. I can see it only caring about closing rate.
I use the little car icon that appears on the right as a stone chip warning - if it comes on I back off ... lol
This is my thoughts too - I 'think' it also senses which pedal you are on i.e. on the brake is reduced sensitivity when compare to closing on someone and still on the throttle.
Interesting fird video on collision assist
