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I really doubt that automatic braking would do much to prevent hitting deer and other such critters. The problem is that the ones you hit mostly aren't the ones standing out in the road, or even at the side of the road where you (or the automatic braking system) can see them. It's the ones that conceal themselves behind trees & bushes, and dash out in front of you at the last possible second.
Nor do I think automatic braking would do much about rear-end crashes. Say you're following someone in traffic, and they brake. Your car detects this, and forcefully applies the brakes, whereupon the car behind rearends you.
If there's going to be an automatic system for things like this, it ought to be a tailgate preventer, which either slows you down if you get too close, or moves you into the slow lane if you're blocking traffic in the fast lane.
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