Just curious, but is your "Forward Collision Warning Distance" which triggers CMBS set at the default/Normal, or on the Short or Long selection? Was the time to brake/stop what you'd expect, and would you keep your setting as is? With the CMBS applying brakes in false-positive situations like shadows/potholes, some forum members have changed the distance to Short, so I'm interested in your perspective.
One of my gripes with Honda Sensing is that the alerts on the drivers screen prompt you to look down and away from the road at a time when accident is most likely to occur. I'd like to see messaging (and mph speed) on a head-up display instead to help keep eyes on the road ahead. Currently, the Accord Touring is the lowest sedan trim offering the head-up feature.
Unlike most hypermilers, I only use the regen paddles sparingly, since the initial travel of the brake pedal is regenerative (until speeds below 5-10 mph). The G3 Insight is a bigger car than I'm used to driving, and I use the regen paddles more for additional braking power when I have a short distance to stop. Since I use it this way regularly, my reaction would have been to stomp on the brake and pull the regen paddles simultaneously for extra stopping power.
These snippets are from the
2019 Insight Press Kit for CMBS electro-servo braking:
- When the system determines a collision is possible with a detected vehicle, the integrated Forward Collision Warning (FCW) system's visual and audible alerts prompt the driver to take corrective actions. If the situation is not resolved, CMBS™ can apply different levels of autonomous braking action to help reduce vehicle speed and eventual collision forces, thereby helping reduce the severity of a collision if the driver doesn't take corrective action. The radar unit and camera work simultaneously and cooperatively to control the Electric Servo Brake system, which initiates any required braking.
- The electric servo braking system is fully hydraulic from the master cylinder all the way to the 4-wheel disc brakes, just like a traditional braking system. The key difference is that the braking function is electronically controlled rather than a purely mechanical activation, allowing regenerative braking from the electric drive motor to slow the vehicle, rather than the hydraulic friction brakes under many circumstances.
- When the driver applies the brake pedal, a signal is sent to the vehicle's Electronic Control Unit (ECU), which determines the appropriate amount of braking force to assign to regenerative braking through the electric drive motor and to the hydraulic friction braking system. In many light-to-moderate braking situations, friction braking is not needed until the vehicle speed drops below 5 mph, as the vehicle slows to a final stop. When the ECU determines that friction braking is needed, the dual hydraulic master cylinder pumps brake fluid through the system. Midway between the master cylinder and the calipers is a separate motorized electronic actuator. This actuator receives an electronic signal, generated in the master cylinder module that precisely defines how the driver has applied the brakes – soft or hard, slow or fast. The actuator then directly apportions hydraulic pressure to the brake calipers at each wheel. To maximize the Insight's accident-avoidance capabilities, the system delivers an extra-strong braking response when the driver increases the pedal force.
