I'm actually even more bothered by this.
This looks like a super common scenario people in cars face daily.
I acknowledge the technical obstacles to "wide view" forward sensors but wow, this system seems very very limited.
""“The limited time the target is in the field of view prior to impact challenges the system’s ability to perform threat assessment and apply the CIB system. A target is usually recognized very late or not at all prior to impact.”"""
It seems like the FOV of the sensors is not adequate.
The system should be looking backward to assess the danger of a sudden braking?
Sensor fusion should resolve ambiguity via probability... one line in the reporting suggested it needs both systems to "agree" which is a binary, this is probably just reporter confusion.
This system doesn't seem ready for anyone younger then 21 full stop.
If it doesn't radically improve it's going to have many more problems as it gets in the hands of a wider range of drivers beyond affluent people in middle age+.
These systems are "lane keepers" and really the marketing and driver education should be tightly focused around what they DO NOT do.
I genuinely look forward to less humans in control of cars but this is going to be a rough road.