Sentences with phrase «automatically slow your car»

Lacking from the Countryman's arsenal of tech was adaptive cruise control, which would have automatically slowed the car when I caught up with traffic ahead.

The 2016 B - Class lets the driver select how aggressive it is, and also integrates the active cruise control to use regen braking to automatically slow the car depending on traffic and road conditions.

Intelligent cruise control automatically slows the car if it's too close to the vehicle ahead.

If another driver is traveling slower than within a preset range, the system will automatically slow the car down.

In some vehicles, it may even automatically slow your car down.

Not exact matches

My car automatically slowed down and gave way.

As the car slows down, the transmission automatically downshifts into lower gears, but a sudden command to increase speed reverses that process and the transmission has to find the proper gear for quick acceleration.

ShakeAlert ™ can give enough time to slow trains and taxiing planes, to prevent cars from entering bridges and tunnels, to move away from dangerous machines or chemicals in work environments and to take cover under a desk, or to automatically shut down and isolate industrial systems.

EyeSight supervises the cruise control too, automatically slowing — and even stopping — the car as needed and then resuming the set speed when the roadway clears.

The usual accelerator linkage was replaced by an electronic version so that the computer could slow the car down automatically by removing power and activating the brakes when the car in front came too close.

Adaptive cruise control automatically slows down your car and then brings it back up to speed when traffic gets moving.

This allows the car to speed up and slow down automatically in a traffic jam situation, up to speeds of 65 km / h, so long as the driver is monitoring it, of course.

Comprised of various sensors and cameras, it incorporates adaptive (radar) cruise control to brake and accelerate the car automatically and now features a gridlock mode that can stop the car completely then take off again in slow moving traffic.

The chances of you rear - ending a car due to lack of attention while cruise control is set are much less when the car can automatically slow down.

Drive Pilot: Advanced cruise - control capabilities prevent wrecks by slowing automatically when approaching another car.

This system, off by default, automatically brought the Q70 L to a stop about half a car length behind stopped traffic in slow, city driving conditions.

Excellent gas mileage, compact exterior dimensions, spacious seating for a compact car, clear digital display, great electronic features (USB, stereo, Bluetooth), quiet engine and near - silent when running on the battery, brake mode that automatically collects energy and slows the vehicle - perfect for mountain driving, regenerative braking

It maintains a pre-set speed like all cruise control systems do, but it automatically adjusts the car's speed if it detects slower traffic ahead.

If the car in front speeds up or slows down, the sensors detect any changes and the Passat will then automatically follow suit.

The system is able to keep the car at a correct distance behind slower vehicles ahead automatically and can also follow them in their lane at a speeds from 0 of up to 200 km / h.

The system also played a vital role in the tested Forester's adaptive cruise control system, which would slow automatically when approaching a slower - moving car from behind.

The car automatically brakes if the driver fails to react in time when the vehicle in front slows down or stops - or if the car is approaching a stationary vehicle too fast.

And also that in the future a car may be able to automatically avoid a pothole or slow its speed to soften the hit and avoid damage to the vehicle.

The 1994 Buick LeSabre Limited slowed down when its optional traction - control system became active.The system automatically cut back on engine power and gently applied anti-lock brakes, thus indicating that I had hit a patch of icy road during a test drive along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.It was a good early warning signal that allowed the driver to take corrective action and avoid disaster.Background: For several years, the LeSabre has been America's best - selling full - size car, which is puzzling.

To alert following drivers that the car is slowing rapidly, sensors detect when the driver is braking suddenly and hard, and then automatically flash the brake lights three times.

It will allow the car to start and stop automatically in slow traffic and steer the car automatically around curves.

I'm disappointed this car doesn't have adaptive cruise control, a system which automatically matches speeds with slower traffic ahead.

Adaptive Cruise Control in the Range Rover Sport, automatically keeping distance from slower vehicles ahead, helped ease the long highway miles, although I found on curvier roads the system was prone to misidentifying which cars were actually in the the lane ahead of me.

And when a car from the next lane attempts to join the driver's lane in front of the car, it will automatically slow down or stop to create space and avoid accidents.

When cars in front of me began to brake, the B - Class Electric Drive automatically initiated braking regeneration, slowing the car and recharging the battery pack.

Current speed limiter systems let the driver manually set a maximum speed that the car will automatically keep below, but the Intelligent Speed Limiter takes that capability and adds an auto - slow - down feature when cameras on the front of the car detect a roadside speed limit sign with a new, lower limit.

Likely the most notable and exciting feature on the 2017 model is the adaptive cruise control — which lets drivers set a speed and buffer distance between the car in front of them, allowing the car to automatically speed up or slow down — resembling features of an autonomous car.

Upping the tech features in this Elantra — and the price — was what Hyundai calls the Ultimate package, bringing in dynamic headlights that point into turns, adaptive cruise control which automatically matches speeds with slower traffic ahead, and a lane - keeping assist system to keep the car from drifting across lane lines.

The car automatically brakes if the driver does not respond in time when the car in front slows down or stops - of if the driver is driving too fast towards a stationary object.

Lift your foot in the former and the motors automatically start to claw back some of that otherwise wasted energy, slowing the car rapidly.

It score the full five stars in its most recent NHTSA crash test, for example, and a full complement of front, side and curtain airbags are standard on all versions pm top of driver assists like trailer sway assist and a stability control setup that can automatically start slowing the car down if it detects the Ford Explorer is going too quickly around a corner.

Therefore, if the car ahead of you slows down, your Passat will automatically slow down.

It will automatically slow the minivan as you close up on a slower car, then automatically speed up as you pull out to pass.

When you lift off the accelerator the car automatically slows down as the generator creates drag.

It can also adapt your cruise control automatically to slow down if a car in front of you isn't going as fast.

If a slower car cuts in front of you, ACC «sees» it and automatically matches pace until the slower car moves out of your way.

This feature recognizes when vehicles ahead are slowed or stopped and can automatically apply the brakes, helping to prevent an accident and making it a safer ride for you and your vehicle (avoiding accidents is one way to maintain your car's value).