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      08-07-2013, 11:33 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by TheBlondeFella View Post
That's the whole point of them to make you create a safe operating distance. If you don't have the foresight to pull up less than 3 feet than the car on front of you, then you probably need to 'lift your vision'.

Think of the seat belt gong. It's there for safety and it just annoys the hell out of you until you engage 'safety mode' by putting your belt on. PDC is supposed to operate the same way. Creating distance = uncreased safety. Not enough distance and it'll tell you so!

Anyway you can always turn them off if the noise is annoying you.

Maybe this feature only works in newer vehicles than 2008.
The tolerances are completely different when in traffic and there is no maneuver. Simply pull up within 6ft or so of the car infront. No moving backwards and forward. I don't see why you'd need this in traffic at all.
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