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Many auto-brake systems are unreliable at night, IIHS study finds

IIHS night crash
(IIHS)
DG
By:
Drew Goretzka
August 30, 2022 03:09 PM

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said many models' automatic braking systems perform poorly in nighttime tests.

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