With a combination of video cameras and short - and long - distance radar sensors, the A6 maintains a
safe following distance in stop - and - go traffic.
Low - speed forward automatic braking and
following distance indicator, which shows you how far you are from the car in front, as well as driver - position memory settings are standard.
Drivers, once on the highway, simply push a button on the steering wheel, and the truck maintains its lane and a proper
following distance from the vehicle in front of it.
On the highway, an adaptive cruise control system can slow the vehicle to maintain a safe
following distance behind a car ahead.
Adaptive cruise control is a radar - assisted cruise - control system which detects vehicles ahead and maintains the
proper following distance by braking and accelerating on its own.
This safety system helps you keep a safe
following distance by regulating your speed against the traffic ahead.
Set for the
closest following distance, the cruise works consistently as billed, over a broad range of traffic speeds and volumes.
The best defensive driving method is to reduce speed, allow
more following distance and move toward the road shoulder.
However, even at its
shortest following distance, it leaves a pretty large gap, which other cars will quickly jump into in heavy traffic.
A rocker switch on the steering - wheel spoke let me
adjust following distance through four settings, and the system seemed to increase that distance depending on speed.
Even during very high speeds, if you maintain a large
enough following distance, your chance of a collision with the vehicle in front of you is very small.
At times, coming up a car ahead with the ACC set to
maximum following distance, rather than slowing gradually, the initial braking felt abrupt to the passenger.
Follow at a distance Especially when there could be snow or ice on the road, it's important to double your
normal follow distance when driving.
ACC increases driving convenience by allowing the driver the ability to set a
specific following distance from other vehicles on the road, in addition to setting a cruising speed.
The problem got worse when traffic was heavy, of course, but since heavy traffic is also moving more slowly, I didn't need so
much following distance to be safe.
In the left lane, there are many accidents caused by high speeds and drivers failing to keep a
suitable following distance for the speeds at which they are traveling.
Optional driving - assist tech includes forward collision alert, rear cross traffic alert, lane keep assist with lane departure warning, safety alert seat,
following distance indicator and front park assist.
Among the respondents with the optional technology package, about half said they always used adaptive cruise control, which maintains a
set following distance, on high - speed roads.
Also available are rear side - impact airbags and an adaptive cruise control that controls speed and
following distance in traffic.
More than 500 drivers were also surveyed on their perceptions of driving behaviour and their knowledge of
safe following distances.
Lastly, the driver can set the desired gap behind the next car, most commonly by pressing a button to cycle among short, medium, and
long following distances.
An Advanced Technology Package comes with Active Front Lighting that points into turns and Adaptive Cruise Control that maintains a
preset following distance from traffic ahead.
Lexus is yet to offer AEB in any model, instead offering a Pre-Collision system including all - speed active cruise control, which can bring the vehicle to a halt to maintain a safe
following distance with other vehicles, but is not designed to avoid rear - end collisions in emergency situations like AEB systems.
Super Cruise uses the adaptive cruise control to
maintain following distance if traffic slows down, but with clear road it will travel at the speed you set, up to 85 mph.
After recovering the logs from the crash site, Tesla acknowledged that Autopilot was on, with the adaptive cruise
control follow distance set to a minimum.
The well - known Distronic adaptive cruise control feature that can maintain a
pre-set following distance behind the vehicle ahead is replaced by «Distronic Plus,» standard only on the new S600.
Those features include blind spot warnings, lane keep assist and a host of active safety systems that will help change lanes or keep a
consistent following distance from a car in front of you.
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