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Vauxhall Opel Corsa: Active emergency braking

Sparkingchip

Following on from similar discussions about driver assistance technology in cars, last year I bought a new Vauxhall Corsa and I am still trying to work out what the active emergency braking is supposed to do.

Looking in this car manual it says “Active emergency braking only works when the seat belts of the front passengers are fastened.”

https://www.opcorsaf.com/opel_corsa_functionality-1831.html

Is it me or does that defy all logic? It will not work when I am alone in the car or only have rear seat passengers.

Is it only intended to supplement the protection of the front passenger air bag?

If I am alone in the car would I be safer driving around with the passenger seat belt fastened?

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    Maybe the car can sense when a seat is occupied (I know some do - and bleep unnecessarily if there some luggage on a seat without the belt fastened), so perhaps what they're trying to say is that if there's a person present in a front seat without a seatbelt, then it won't do the harsh breaking and risk throwing them through the windscreen? (Presumably they're not so worried about untethered rear passengers being flung into the back of the necks of restrained front seat passengers ... which wasn't an uncommon issue in the days of optional seatbelts.)

       - Andy.

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    Maybe the car can sense when a seat is occupied (I know some do - and bleep unnecessarily if there some luggage on a seat without the belt fastened), so perhaps what they're trying to say is that if there's a person present in a front seat without a seatbelt, then it won't do the harsh breaking and risk throwing them through the windscreen? (Presumably they're not so worried about untethered rear passengers being flung into the back of the necks of restrained front seat passengers ... which wasn't an uncommon issue in the days of optional seatbelts.)

       - Andy.

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