Rolfe
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- MG4 SE SR
I'm leaving the emergency braking on. It did it to me once, when someone stepped out on to the road almost in front of me. The guy wasn't intending to throw himself under my wheels, he was going to the driver's door of his own car which was parked at the side of the road and which I was passing at the time. He then opened his driver's door.
I'm a bit unclear about the sequence, whether I saw the guy before or after the brakes went on, because there was no actual danger so I hadn't intended to brake. I just remember sitting in the car in the road looking at this open car door just to my left, with the driver climbing in. I realised what had happened, pressed the accelerator and drove on without actually having a heart attack.
I don't blame the MG4. If that had actually been a child running into the road, that stop could have saved a life, or at least serious injury. It impressed me enough to feel that it's worth the occasional false positive. Or at least I'll think that until it does something genuinely outrageous I suppose.
I'm a bit unclear about the sequence, whether I saw the guy before or after the brakes went on, because there was no actual danger so I hadn't intended to brake. I just remember sitting in the car in the road looking at this open car door just to my left, with the driver climbing in. I realised what had happened, pressed the accelerator and drove on without actually having a heart attack.
I don't blame the MG4. If that had actually been a child running into the road, that stop could have saved a life, or at least serious injury. It impressed me enough to feel that it's worth the occasional false positive. Or at least I'll think that until it does something genuinely outrageous I suppose.