Please note, I am not asking whether you should rely on this system from an ethical standpoint when it's raining/snowing, but I am asking whether anyone has any experience with the system's performance in the rain (and eventually snow when winter hits) and how much its safety features are diminished by adverse weather conditions. Subaru indicates that EyeSight will not work in certain weather conditions, but I am curious to know if you are potentially putting yourself in danger by leaving it on and how robust the system truly is. For instance, if the system were poorly designed, could two well-timed big snowflakes (each one coming toward the dual camera's at the same rate) cause your car to slam on its brakes and start you into skidding off an icy road into a ditch?
Since the system is vision-based near the top of the windshield (based on the pictures I have seen it looks like they are positioned where the windshield wipers might not do the best job of clearing slush built-up on the windshield), I am wondering how the system works when the camera's vision is impaired. If any of this is in an owner's manual or somewhere online, if you could point me to that information, I would be appreciative as I do not have access to an owner's manual and all I can find online at this point are articles singing the praises of EyeSight and very little of situations where it does not work effectively.
If anyone can comment on true-life experiences in the rain or snow, please share.
That said, I am also looking for some data in a more scientific fashion in the absence of severe weather. I hope Subaru performed a similar set of tests (and hopefully more thorough/advanced) so they know how their system works even if they will not publish the results. I have an initial set of tests I am curious about that would answer some of my questions and I would hope that in all the situations where EyeSight cannot function properly that it would annoyingly beep at the driver indicating the system cannot function properly until the driver turns it off. That said, what would happen if you were to...
1. Fully obscure both EyeSight cameras with masking tape. This test is to simulate snow/slush fully blocking the camera's field of view (i.e. after a heavy snow, you just got in your car and turned on the windshield wipers without clearing off your windshield).
2. Fully obscure one EyeSight camera only with masking tape. This test is the same as test 1, but I wonder if EyeSight tries to do anything still without the two camera's required for depth perception.
3. Partially obscure one or both EyeSight cameras with masking tape. This test is basically the same as tests 1 and 2, but it should still be able to work to some extent.
4. Partially obscure both EyeSight cameras with saran wrap (making sure there are wrinkles in the camera's field of view) and secure the saran wrap around the edges using masking tape or some other material (but do not let any non-transparent material cover the camera's field of view). This test is to simulate a thin layer of ice build-up on the windshield.
If anyone can think of other tests that they would be interested in performing and would be kind enough to share the results here as well, that would great too.
I would perform the above tests myself, but I have a 2010 (no EyeSight) so would any of you owners of cars with EyeSight be kind enough to perform the above tests if you are also curious to see how your car works before those severe weather conditions arrive?
Since the system is vision-based near the top of the windshield (based on the pictures I have seen it looks like they are positioned where the windshield wipers might not do the best job of clearing slush built-up on the windshield), I am wondering how the system works when the camera's vision is impaired. If any of this is in an owner's manual or somewhere online, if you could point me to that information, I would be appreciative as I do not have access to an owner's manual and all I can find online at this point are articles singing the praises of EyeSight and very little of situations where it does not work effectively.
If anyone can comment on true-life experiences in the rain or snow, please share.
That said, I am also looking for some data in a more scientific fashion in the absence of severe weather. I hope Subaru performed a similar set of tests (and hopefully more thorough/advanced) so they know how their system works even if they will not publish the results. I have an initial set of tests I am curious about that would answer some of my questions and I would hope that in all the situations where EyeSight cannot function properly that it would annoyingly beep at the driver indicating the system cannot function properly until the driver turns it off. That said, what would happen if you were to...
1. Fully obscure both EyeSight cameras with masking tape. This test is to simulate snow/slush fully blocking the camera's field of view (i.e. after a heavy snow, you just got in your car and turned on the windshield wipers without clearing off your windshield).
2. Fully obscure one EyeSight camera only with masking tape. This test is the same as test 1, but I wonder if EyeSight tries to do anything still without the two camera's required for depth perception.
3. Partially obscure one or both EyeSight cameras with masking tape. This test is basically the same as tests 1 and 2, but it should still be able to work to some extent.
4. Partially obscure both EyeSight cameras with saran wrap (making sure there are wrinkles in the camera's field of view) and secure the saran wrap around the edges using masking tape or some other material (but do not let any non-transparent material cover the camera's field of view). This test is to simulate a thin layer of ice build-up on the windshield.
If anyone can think of other tests that they would be interested in performing and would be kind enough to share the results here as well, that would great too.
I would perform the above tests myself, but I have a 2010 (no EyeSight) so would any of you owners of cars with EyeSight be kind enough to perform the above tests if you are also curious to see how your car works before those severe weather conditions arrive?