Emergency braking

[Suzy100]

Yesterday I was backing out of my driveway. I got to the side of the road and could see a car coming along so stopped and waited for it to pass.

The minute it was past I lifted my foot off the brake to reverse on to the road and instead of moving, the car slammed on the brakes and had a hissy fit, red lights flashing loud beeps etc.....

Although I was absolutely sure there was nothing behind me, for a second I thought maybe I'd not seen a dog or a bin or something low down, but no, nothing there.

Would the sensor still have the tail end of the passing car in its sights and done this? 

I got quite a fright and I'm seriously thinking of switching all the "assistance" warnings off.

It might have been that my neighbour's car was parked on the road too close to the entrance of the driveway? 

The beeping is seriously annoying also when people walk behind/in front of your car when you're parked somewhere and getting ready to move.

I mean, if you don't check for these things, surely you shouldn't be driving???

Has anyone else switched off the warnings?

 

 

[Roger Johnson]

Hi Susan,

My Excel does the same, you just have to get used to allowing the passing car to get a bit further up the road before reversing. Annoying at times, but can be helpful when you are parked between two SUVs.

[Ralph H]

I find it useful it’s saved me a few times when reversing out of a parking space with the massive c pillar blind spot. I find it most annoying when you are trying to reverse into a bay and there’s another car queuing behind you sometimes it won’t let you move even if there’s plenty of space. 
If you turn it off you get a constant warning light telling you it’s off.