PSA - Reverse Auto Braking

[Antimatter22]

The truck will auto brake even if you have for foot pressing on it lightly. There's bushes at the kids daycare that triggers my auto brake probably 20-25% of the time I back in and get close enough.

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[EL5_Zero]

Thank you for the test! This just proves, the "auto-brake" is nothing more than a gimmick. Let's stick to using mirrors and our best judgement.

So I had to try.

1) Foot on brake
2) No Brake

 

[Rockman5159]

So the question is: would you still have backed into him if you never had the nanny? I'm only half serious, and expect the answer is "yes".

But I do see what I percieve to be a significant dumbing down of drivers every day, especially in winter, that I attribute to a whole generation growing up with vehicles that all but drive themselves. Young people have never driven a rig without anti-lock brakes, stability or traction control. All good things, but they deprive young drivers of the physics lessons offered by rigs without 'em. #1 lesson? Two masses cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

I have a friend that has a F450 dually with all the bells and whistles and his let him back into one of those yellow concrete poles in a parking lot.AFTER the accident the brakes locked up and chimes went off and wouldnt let him pull away till he shutoff and restarted vehicle. I still actually use the old fashioned way ,crank my neck around and look.

 

[Goldeneye36]

FWIW here's an excerpt from the manual with some notable things highlighted. There's so many limitations and warnings it almost doesn't seem worth it.

 

[Chuck Woolery]

I had to laugh how a funny thread about doing something dumb turned into a scolding.

Sarcasm apparently doesn't translate on the internet.

 

[Billflangjr]

I had to laugh how a funny thread about doing something dumb turned into a scolding.

Sarcasm apparently doesn't translate on the internet.

Sometimes Not !!

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