摘要: |
When technicians speak about the calibration of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), words like accuracy and precision are always used - because they know just how sensitive the cameras, sensors and components of these systems are and that an improperly aligned component and/or one incorrectly calibrated can have dangerous consequences.
True ADAS calibration professionals realize that every requirement and instruction set forth by the OEM is there for a reason and shops have no business taking shortcuts on the production floor.
Case in point, an examiner for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) looked at the failure of a Honda Civic's forward collision autobraking system, which in their test resulted in delayed action and subsequent obstacle collision at 20 mph. The IIHS examiner found that the technician had failed to follow OE procedures including parking the vehicle on level ground, identifying the center of the vehicle and properly measuring distance from target to vehicle. That was never done, "they were just eyeballing it," the IIHS examiner said. |