Not exact matches
On one
hand, the slow
lane for self - driving
cars isn't totally unexpected, as the Trump administration continues to chart its course in major transportation policy debates and decides which federal programs to keep or replace.
For example, perhaps
cars driven by humans will be relegated to a single right -
hand lane on the highway, until they're phased out entirely.
YouTube user William Rimmer uploaded a video of her mother testing out the feature of the electric
car, perfectly capturing how people would likely respond to
handing over the driving duties to a computer on a two -
lane highway.
On several occasions, the
car handed control back to the driver when a situation was too complex for the
car's algorithms, such as when a construction vehicle was parked backward in the right
lane.
You keep telling yourself there's nothing you can do, so «let go» and «be Zen» about it, only to feel your
hands gripping the steering wheel and your eyes rolling out of frustration at the
car that jettisoned into your
lane.
There were
lane - departure warnings as I inevitably scuffed the yellow divider, while the steering wheel would shake in my
hands as if trying to adjust my line, and the
car would apply the brakes as I tried to apply speed on the exit.
Super Cruise will let Cadillac CT6 drivers pilot their new
cars hands - off so long as conditions are right and the system can find the middle of the
car's
lane, on about 160,000 miles of limited - access highway in the U.S. and Canada, mapped by GM and its high - definition mapping partner, Geo Digital.
It has two intervention modes, both of which are more heavy -
handed than we'd like, and on Italy's curvy roads, it often tried to steer the
car when there was no actual
lane marking.
Tesla's auto - steer function works similarly to other
cars»
lane - keep assist system, as drivers must keep their
hands on the wheel as the
car keeps itself in its
lane.
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This
car will steer you back into your
lane if it spots something in your blind spot you haven't noticed, the standard City Safety package has been beefed up to give you enhanced steering input if you swerve to avoid pedestrians, cyclists or large animals, and pilot assist that will accelerate, brake and steer for you at speeds up to 80mph (although you're still the boss and have to keep your
hands on the wheel).
On the other
hand, I had to pay particular attention to keeping the compact
car between the
lane markers at the highway speeds.
For
hands - off drivers, several of the European
car offer what you could call DIY Level 2 autonomy, meaning they have
lane departure warning that continuously centers the
car in the
lane, plus stop - and - go adaptive cruise control.
The feature list includes Adaptive damping control as standard on all models, a new electro - mechanical steering system with
hands - off automatic parking system, a stereo camera that prevents collision, a new Distronic Plus feature with Steering Assist, which keeps the
car in a chosen
lane and tracks traffic in tailbacks, Brake Assist Plus with Junction Assist.
This is plenty potent to leave most other SUVs and many
cars at the lights and to live life permanently in the left -
hand lane of the freeway, barring the arrival of a sports
car in the rearview mirror.
The system actually twisted the wheel a bit under my
hands to keep the
car in the center of its
lane.
Most
cars with
lane centering assist require you to keep your
hands at least lightly at the wheel; if you don't, after 10 - 15 seconds (typically) you're warned then 5 seconds later LCA disengages.
A Honda spokesperson explained to me that the company felt it was natural for a driver to look right, to the center of the dashboard, when moving the
car right, but it would be counterintuitive to look right when making a left -
hand lane change.
With my
hands lightly holding the steering wheel, the
car tracked within a foot or two of the
lane's center point.
Below this speed, such as in stop - and - go traffic, you can take your
hands off the wheel and the
car will maintain its position in the
lane, as long as its cameras can distinguish
lane lines.
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The Traffic Jam Assistant uses steering assistance to keep the
car reliably in the middle of its
lane, but the driver needs to have at least one
hand on the steering wheel for the system to work.
Together, Audi says these features form a semiautomated mode that allows the A5 to maintain a distance to the
car in front, avoids obstacles and rear - end collisions, monitors oncoming traffic when turning left (in left -
hand drive vehicles), recognises traffic signals, warns of
cars in the blind spot and if your
car leaves its
lane, and parks autonomously.
Even if the
car is capable of maintaining a position in the center of the
lane, they all have some sort of
hand detection system that checks for human input.
Lane keeping is a type of technology I've used in many
cars now, which moved the wheel under my
hands to help maintain the MDX's position in the
lanes.
Even better, at those painfully slow traffic speeds, the
car's
lane - keeping assist basically becomes self - steering, so I could even take my
hands off the wheel.
The hybrid system's electric motor does what it can to help out on the freeway, but this is one
car that won't spend much time in the left -
hand lane.
Trusting the technology, I took my
hands off the wheel and the
car steered itself, maintaining its position as it tracked the painted
lane lines with its cameras.
BMW says drivers can now keep their
hands off the wheel (effectively letting adaptive cruise control and
lane keeping assist fully pilot the
car) for over 30 seconds; Digital Trends clocked 44 seconds of
hands - free time before the system demanded human intervention.
It's easier to sell a used rental
car with a color LCD, electric windows (some entry trim lines are still
hand - crank), nicer upholstery, access to CarPlay and Android Auto, and sometimes the more affordable driver assists: blind spot detection and
lane departure warning.
Lane centering assist keeps the
car centered in its
lane on a highway with gentle curves, and keeps doing that as long as you keep your
hands lightly on the wheel.
At speeds over about 20 mph, I had to keep a
hand on the wheel, but I could feel it moving under my grasp as the E550 Cabriolet tracked the
car ahead and used cameras to monitor the
lane lines.
And then there was Active
Lane Assist: Drift toward a dividing line, and all by itself the steering tugs the
car back into its
lane,
hands - free.
Driver assistance technology includes adaptive cruise control and forward collision warning with brake support; enhanced park assist for backing into a perpendicular parking spot and pulling into and out of a parallel parking spot;
lane - keep alert and assist (to warn, then nudge the
car back into
lane); driver fatigue alert; blind spot detection; auto high beams; and a
hands - free foot - activated liftgate.
The
car also gets adaptive cruise control, park assist,
lane keeping and driver monitoring tech as standard or optional equipment and that's on top of existing features such as blind spot monitoring and automatic tailgate release for those moments when both
hands are full.
At speed down the freeway, Steering Assist wasn't robust enough to keep the
car in its
lane without my help, and the
car gave me a warning when I took my
hands off the wheel.
Over four days, I probably could count the number of
cars I saw blocking a bike
lane on one
hand.
Proponents of «vehicular cycling» believe bikes should act as
cars: occupy full
lanes, stop at red lights, use a
hand signal at least 100 feet ahead of a turn.
I used to stay on the right
hand side of the furthest right
lane, sometimes dipping into the concrete culvert at the edge of the asphalt or knocking up against the curb in my efforts to move away from
cars.
Normal - sized
cars, on the other
hand, can pose a danger to trucks when changing
lanes abruptly, making a turn in front of the truck with too little space, or driving too close to the truck so that the driver has limited visibility.
These tips include opening the door on the driver's side by reaching for the handle with the right
hand so that the driver is forced to turn and look behind to see if there are any oncoming bicycles, cyclists passing parked
cars at a safe distance of a minimum of 3 to 5 feet and avoiding driving or parking in bike
lanes.
Steer clear of any
car that is moving erratically, drifting out of their
lane, or who has their phone in their
hand.
Our client, an off - duty law enforcement officer, was riding his motorcycle on a rural two -
lane county road when a young woman driving a
car made a sudden left -
hand turn across his path.
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Most of the time, they have poor decision making whether to make that left -
hand turn, or to change
lanes or not and this causes them to be involved in minor
car accidents as well as receive traffic violations.
Interior video footage of the crash, which occurred the night of March 18, shows that the operator of the vehicle, 44 - year - old Rafaela Vasquez, was looking down with her
hands away from the wheel when the
car struck Elaine Herzberg, a 49 - year - old woman pushing her bike across the otherwise empty seven -
lane road.