Tap the backup camera - buttons appear and one lets you turn it off.

 

Many thanks @Jupiter7 . So it's not possible to keep the benefit of the camera, but switch off auto collision avoidance? I'll have a play. In any case, hopefully it will be one of those systems which, if you turn it off, comes back on automatically the next time the car is started.

 

The camera stays on but you can disable RAB (rear auto break.) In the US you have to do this everytime you drive but I’m not sure if that’s true in all counties. The camera itself still works requardless of RAB being enabled or not.

Note that this is different from collision auto real when going forward. That’s enabled, I think but not 100% sure, in the car settings.

 

Great to know @Knucklehead , thanks.
Yes, I was expecting to have to disable it each time, but that's fine, I'm happy to know that means that the RAB will come back on automatically next time I set off.
And awesome to learn that it's independent of the camera too. Cheers.

 

This is a screenshot of my video showing the backup camera issues

Just tap that right button. It only appears briefly. There is no image on the screen because Polestar, but that is after putting it in reverse.

 

Many thanks Pioneer4x4. I've done just that the couple of times now - SOOO much better. Cheers.

 

I have a large hedge right on the edge of my driveway (inches away from the car when i back up). I have found that if i back up too quickly, the reverse collision braking will activate. First time it happened to me, scared the living hell out of Me. But once, it saved me from running over a metal rake (and flattening a tire) that my fife had inadvertently placed right behind the car…so I don’t de-activate.

But have learned that if you back out very slowly when you know there is a hazard off to the side, it won’t activate. But if you go over (about) ~ 2-3 mph, it will activate.

Slow roll out of the garage, or until you pass the hazard known to trigger this safety feature, and, at least for me, it will not activate. No need to de-activate….unless you want to, anyway.

 

Yes, Dude we clearly both have the same T-shirt here! I found the same; that if I creep down at a snail's pace, the RAB "probably" won't engage! I do certainly take your point that switching it off is asking for trouble. For the last 24-hours I have been switching it off, but perhaps I will now go back to leaving it on now, and just allow an extra 10 minutes to get down the drive!

 

You must have a long driveway with a lot of obstructions? I only have to do this when I first pull out of my garage (where my hedge is). Once I am alongside the hedge, I can resume my normal reverse speed. But whatever works.

 

I had the problem a lot when I first got my car 2 yrs ago but it mostly disappeared when they changed the software in some 2.x release. Plus I trimmed back some plant on one side of my driveway that had overhanging leaves.

 

I have the steep driveway situation and got tired of turning off (and forgetting to) the auto break. I found that backing up the driveway doesn’t trigger the RAB so now I always back in. Driving out triggers a short front proxy warning but no auto brake.

 

Sadly I really can't do the same. My drive has a fairly pronounced downward slope. So yes, driving down forwards would be much easier. However, reversing upwards to get out would be a difficult manoeuvre in any car, never mind simultaneously having to fight with a Polestar's RAB!