Sometimes, it doesn’t take an extremely complicated safety system in order for your car to help you get out of a sticky situation.
What happens in this video is a perfect example of that, since it involves a pre-collision warning system (which is something you’ll find on several vehicles these days) and the fact that Tesla’s Autopilot tech was inactive during the maneuver.
A Jeep Grand Cherokee took an exit causing the trailing SUV to get on the brakes hard, and that’s when the Tesla Model X warned its driver that he was quickly approaching a vehicle that was in the process of becoming stationary.
It also looks like the driver of the Model X did a good job braking from 49 mph (79 km/h) to a stand still in a relatively short distance, although the noise alert probably helped his reaction time considerably.
We’d like to think this sort of incident proves that regardless if your car is fully autonomous, semi-autonomous or even just a regular car, if you’re paying attention to the road, odds are you’ll be able to keep yourself safe without the help of any active safety tech.