lightthief
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It's also disabled when you're moving less than 5mph so inching into a parking space isn't going to set it off.BRAKE is the CMS... it throws up the visual warning first. If you totally ignore it, it'll press the brakes. Your speed and distance will determine how fast one vs. the other occurs. If you're flying and a car suddenly appears before you not moving (running a red light, then panic stops in the intersection, let's say), you'll likely have the brakes come on immediately without a chance to stop on your own with just the visual warning.
It'll warn you if you're not going too fast, too... but I would say if you want to "inch forward" into a wall, you'll be permitted to.
As mentioned before , you can adjust the sensitivity.
The laws of physics aren't adjustable though.
By default the system is set to brake at what is likely a distance that would avoid an accident completely or almost completely.
At lower sensitivities you're likely falling below the min distance it would take to bring the car to a complete stop before an accident.
That said, I did turn my down a little bit.
I'm not anyone's idea of an aggressive driver but the brake warning was going off fairly often in stop and go traffic.
Haven't had it ever apply the brakes yet.
Hope to never have to find out how well it works really.
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