collision avoidance alarm

[MaverickDragon]

If it could make any difference, (I don't know why it should) I had turned the lane keeping feature off when I got the truck.

Lane keeping is a different system, and it's just a nudge.
Since you are concerned about the vehicle inappropriately activating the brakes, just turn that "feature" off.
For me, I'd rather depend on myself not running into something than relying on a system to never have a glitch that could cause an accident. Compared to riding my motorcycle, the Mav is a lot safer, even without the ability to slam on the brakes because a grocery bag blew across the road.

If you go to the dealer, it's 99.99% certain they will tell you "no trouble found".
It is virtually impossible to tell you why a glitch happened.

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[Maverick Country Club]

Only time mine alerted me, I was quickly coming up on someone turning left unto the expressway entrance ramp. They were turning and instantly out of my path and it went away.

The first time my wife drove my Maverick she told me a message kept popping up telling her to pull over and take a nap or something… She no longer drives my truck as she is my ex-wives and is moving out today.

 

[iam2sam]

Lane keeping is a different system, and it's just a nudge.
Since you are concerned about the vehicle inappropriately activating the brakes, just turn that "feature" off.
For me, I'd rather depend on myself not running into something than relying on a system to never have a glitch that could cause an accident. Compared to riding my motorcycle, the Mav is a lot safer, even without the ability to slam on the brakes because a grocery bag blew across the road.

If you go to the dealer, it's 99.99% certain they will tell you "no trouble found".
It is virtually impossible to tell you why a glitch happened.

I tend to agree with you. To me, the entire system is overly automated and does far too much nannying, but I suspect every new vehicle is now like that. I don't mind having a fail-safe like automatic braking as long as a fail-safe is strictly what it is, meaning that it is confined to an absolutely last-moment action, and doesn't preempt my decision making. I'll leave it on for now, but if it false alarms again, I will either reduce the sensitivity or turn it off entirely. It does seem to me that most people used to be able to get through their entire driving careers without ramming someone else in the @$$. I wonder if the real reason for some of these features is attempting to compensate for drivers staring at a cell phone screen instead of looking down the road while the vehicle is in motion. If so, it likely won't work, and could be counterproductive thanks to all the extra distractions provided by the excessive alerts. YMMV.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I tend to agree with you. To me, the entire system is overly automated and does far too much nannying, but I suspect every new vehicle is now like that. I don't mind having a fail-safe like automatic braking as long as a fail-safe is strictly what it is, meaning that it is confined to an absolutely last-moment action, and doesn't preempt my decision making. I'll leave it on for now, but if it false alarms again, I will either reduce the sensitivity or turn it off entirely. It does seem to me that most people used to be able to get through their entire driving careers without ramming someone else in the @$$. I wonder if the real reason for some of these features is attempting to compensate for drivers staring at a cell phone screen instead of looking down the road while the vehicle is in motion. If so, it likely won't work, and could be counterproductive thanks to all the extra distractions provided by the excessive alerts. YMMV.

Along with distracted driving.
"Back in the day" there were a lot less drivers occupying the road ways.
1975 = 130,000,000 drivers
1980 = 145,300,000 drivers
"Now a Days"
2025 =242,293,000 drivers
May 2025, updating previous data, to determine there are 242,293,000 licensed drivers in the US. That includes 91% of US residents of driving age. That's up from 237,656,000 in 2023 and 239,911,000 in 2024.

 

[MaverickDragon]

I don't mind having a fail-safe like automatic braking as long as a fail-safe is strictly what it is, meaning that it is confined to an absolutely last-moment action, and doesn't preempt my decision making.

In order for the system to automatically stop the vehicle in an emergency, it needs to do that regardless of your inaction.

You can't have the system respond automatically without preempting your actions, as the action taken, or not, can either be the one you desire or the system's perceived need but not both.

The problem with any automated system is that they can react to a false positive, for whatever of the numerous reasons why that can happen.

If you want to have the vehicle to emergency brake you have to be willing to trust that it will only do that in an actual emergency, but there are no perfectly reliable systems.

So chose your risk. There are no risk free options.

You can adjust the sensitivity, but automatic braking itself is an on or off setting.

 

[HeyBales]

We need someone to drive into a bunch of styrofoam to see what an imminent application is

Light silk sheet hung from a rod.

Tested to confirm it doesn't pull the whole contraption along with you!

The real tests they use actual models and would chip paint probably on impact.
Mark Rober tested auto-pilot with huge sheet hung in air.
Only need a black sheet width of a vehicle - or person.

 

[Fcnrwy]

It's happen, twice! For me in three years.
First time/first year - Driving into the setting Sun. It Braked a second before I did..
Second time/second year - Pin-head changes lanes, from the one to my left, across to the one on my right.. (As they say... Idiot Drivers' Never Miss their Exits)

Both times, LED Display = Changes to two vehicles crashing with their Tails in the Air and in RED.
An a shrieking beeping...

Nothing since.. But, I have changed by habits to put more space between ME and the Other GUY.

Jerry

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

We need someone to drive into a bunch of styrofoam to see what an imminent application is

Light silk sheet hung from a rod.

Tested to confirm it doesn't pull the whole contraption along with you!

The real tests they use actual models and would chip paint probably on impact.
Mark Rober tested auto-pilot with huge sheet hung in air.
Only need a black sheet width of a vehicle - or person.

You may find this interesting.
Skip to 6:26 for the Maverick test.



This video satisfied my curiosity just fine.

 

[Fcnrwy]

Along with distracted driving. There are more of us occupying the roadways than there were years ago.

1980 = 145,300 drivers
2024 =243,293,000 drivers
And steadily climbing
May 2025, updating previous data, to determine there are 242,293,000 "licensed drivers" in the US. That includes 91% of US residents of driving age. That's up from 237,656,000 in 2023 and 239,911,000 in 2024.

What about the ## of "Un-Licensed" ones..

Jerry

 

[Pointyears]

My auto braking stays OFF !

Once and only once It saw an oncoming vehicle in the other lane on a curve and the brakes came on hard. I had to punch it to keep from being rear ended.

Eased up behind a moped in my lane doing 25 mph, I was easing up at 26 mph.
Again it braked hard as hell thinking what ?
Thinking I was about to hit that moped that was some four car lengths away.

It stays OFF
I was told in here that the brake lights
DO NOT activate!

Ford !
Really ?

The good if anything I’ve learned from that system, I like the alerts but have learned to never ever tailgate or get anywhere close behind any late model Ford vehicles. Four second intervals at least.

In my Mustang, the avoidance system detected a car coming over from the right that was about to take my front end off. While I have really good reflexes for a dorky white boy, Ford was way ahead of me braking and saving my butt.
Y'all can be Luddites and want all of the tech of a '74 Vega, but I love this avoidance tech.

 

[HeyBales]

You may find this interesting.

Those are.
The video where they run thru a lot of different makes/models too.

But it would be interesting to know which are using video only, and which have radar from 360 option?

 

[MaverickDragon]

@Glen Baker LLC -
Thanks for that video. Very interesting.
I like the way the Maverick cleverly pushes the pedestrian out of the way at night...

 

[Cherokee]

In my Mustang, the avoidance system detected a car coming over from the right that was about to take my front end off. While I have really good reflexes for a dorky white boy, Ford was way ahead of me braking and saving my butt.
Y'all can be Luddites and want all of the tech of a '74 Vega, but I love this avoidance tech.

If you had proper situational awareness you’d have seen it in plenty of time to react properly.

Luddite, I resemble that remark but driving aids for the most part are
causing us all to lose driving skills a little at a time.

3.2 million commercial miles, no crashes,
Had many close calls but avoided all without nanny aids.
Back in the day it was natural to pay attention to and see everything.
A skill sadly going away proved by what happened to you.
I’m glad I can turn mine off and take full control of my vehicle,
Like my father before me I am a Jedi.

A little friendly advice meant only to help you grow old,
Stay off of Motorcycles. They don't have 'Nanny aids'

 

[MaverickDragon]

In my Mustang, the avoidance system detected a car coming over from the right that was about to take my front end off. While I have really good reflexes for a dorky white boy, Ford was way ahead of me braking and saving my butt.
Y'all can be Luddites and want all of the tech of a '74 Vega, but I love this avoidance tech.

That's a good scenario.
Crash avoidance systems are also capable of causing a crash.
A grocery bag blowing across the road can trigger an AEB system to panic brake which unfortunately doesn't stop the semi behind you.

Real world experience reported from a different car brand.

 

[MaverickDragon]

If you had proper situational awareness you’d have seen it in plenty of time to react properly.
A little friendly advice meant only to help you grow old,
Stay off of Motorcycles.

I've still got my 750 and I'm convinced that if everyone was required to pilot a bike for a year before they could drive a four wheeler, there would be a lot fewer car accidents but a lot fewer drivers, as many would not learn the required defensive driving skills necessary to survive.

When you are on a bike, those who survive either consciously or subconsciously adopt a strategy that simply stated is:
I am invisible to every vehicle on the road, except for those few who are actively trying to kill me.

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