Jeff Glucker from Hooniverse.com demonstrates the use of adaptive cruise control while driving on a Southern California freeway in a 2014 Subaru Forester.
Of course the system will keep a legal distance between you and the car in front of you. Unfortunately this will entice impatient drivers in the next lane to cut you off to try to get ahead making you stop like crazy. I guess you can install a dash cam for the courts....
Well, if adaptive cruise control works well in heavy traffic, then it should be a breeze to use in light to moderate traffic. I like how the car is able to brake and accelerate itself.
I also find ACC terrifying. I've used it on San Francisco Bay Area freeways in rush hour traffic. The problem is twofold: 1. Other stupid drivers around you who will cut you off and drive like idiots. The system only measures the distance between you and the car in front of you and doesn't take into account the crazy guy in the lane next to you that is about to recreate a stunt from the move The Fast and The Furious. 2. My system brakes late as well. Sometimes so late that my CMBS activates and flashes amber warning lights in my HUD, which is scary.
Once you trust the system it is wonderful. However, a few times traffic in front of the car in front of us came to a hard stop, which causes the system to delay a bit... that's when it gets nerve wracking.
Great! I had the chance to try it some months ago in a Volvo and like this Subaru it goes all the way down to dead stop and (without any confirmation button) starts itself again when the guy in front moves on. Wonderful feature! B-) @Adrian Z: In the Volvo one can adjust the range in three steps, I think...
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I wonder if the adaptive CC on the Volvo XC60 which also has City Safety will work good in such heavy traffic. In theory, even if the CC fails to stop you in a case of a more emergency braking in front of you, the City Safety system should. Still, I would rather use that in highways or country roads rather than in the city simply because if someone sneaks in front of your car from another lane, the system may not react on time or simply over react and get you tailgated by the car behind you. A human would simply brake just a bit to let enough space for that car moving in, but the CC system might decide to break you fully or more aggressively, which drivers behind you wont be anticipating.
I travel a lot and I wonder if you can just sleep through the night in the interstate hwy and turn on adaptive cruise.. certainly illegal and maybe not safe but if technology work this well.. should be ok for 3-4 power nap eh?
Grown Simba I see you do not live in LA That is normal driving at like 2-3pm Rush hour is similar to a parking lot. Be prepared to take 2 hours to drive 10 miles
Holy shit people are scared of everything. (hand on the E brake cause he was using ACC) OMG OMG OMG - lol It's no wonder guys go pee sitting down in the lady's room nowadays.
Of course the system will keep a legal distance between you and the car in front of you. Unfortunately this will entice impatient drivers in the next lane to cut you off to try to get ahead making you stop like crazy. I guess you can install a dash cam for the courts....
Well, if adaptive cruise control works well in heavy traffic, then it should be a breeze to use in light to moderate traffic. I like how the car is able to brake and accelerate itself.
I also find ACC terrifying. I've used it on San Francisco Bay Area freeways in rush hour traffic. The problem is twofold:
1. Other stupid drivers around you who will cut you off and drive like idiots. The system only measures the distance between you and the car in front of you and doesn't take into account the crazy guy in the lane next to you that is about to recreate a stunt from the move The Fast and The Furious.
2. My system brakes late as well. Sometimes so late that my CMBS activates and flashes amber warning lights in my HUD, which is scary.
you drive an Acura I presume
Yes...this is true
lol
You can. There are three stages of distance.
ACC in heavy traffic is the worst dude ... you'd just waste a lot of fuel because the ACC accelerates and brakes all the time ....
I rather not have that feature
Once you trust the system it is wonderful. However, a few times traffic in front of the car in front of us came to a hard stop, which causes the system to delay a bit... that's when it gets nerve wracking.
Then Don't use Cruise Control when Driving its that Simple
Great! I had the chance to try it some months ago in a Volvo and like this Subaru it goes all the way down to dead stop and (without any confirmation button) starts itself again when the guy in front moves on. Wonderful feature! B-)
@Adrian Z: In the Volvo one can adjust the range in three steps, I think...
More enjoyable? More nerve wracking it looks like. Seems like it'd be worse on the brakes too
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Dude, you can't enjoy it if you're that scared.
Who uses cruise-control in stop-and-go traffic and then exclaims that it is scary, as if that would be a surprise? Theory: only morons.
Also please do most of your reviews on tuner cars please, theres enough people on the RUclipss who do the same of the same too much of the time, BBI Autosport's pretty big, rent an R8 V10 with a stick and mention the changes in the package.
I wonder if the adaptive CC on the Volvo XC60 which also has City Safety will work good in such heavy traffic. In theory, even if the CC fails to stop you in a case of a more emergency braking in front of you, the City Safety system should.
Still, I would rather use that in highways or country roads rather than in the city simply because if someone sneaks in front of your car from another lane, the system may not react on time or simply over react and get you tailgated by the car behind you. A human would simply brake just a bit to let enough space for that car moving in, but the CC system might decide to break you fully or more aggressively, which drivers behind you wont be anticipating.
F/f $$$$$
Scary indeed. I wish you can adjust the minimum distance between the 2 cars.
2018 dynamic radar cruise control is here
Thanks for the video!
Hell yeah, scary stuff.
That must be less relaxing than driving yourself
Horrible feature. We will see more accidents. Lazy drivers
SCARY SHIY
Don't use this feature unless you feel like sleeping in traffic... which is obviously a bad thing.
I travel a lot and I wonder if you can just sleep through the night in the interstate hwy and turn on adaptive cruise.. certainly illegal and maybe not safe but if technology work this well.. should be ok for 3-4 power nap eh?
You still have to control the wheel though so I doubt that would work
Active lane assist and ACC and you can sleep :)
I want to sleep while cruising thru the freeway.. that the ultimate American dream
You serious?
Wait it steers for you?!?!
That's not rush hour 0.o' ???? What is that then
Grown Simba I see you do not live in LA
That is normal driving at like 2-3pm
Rush hour is similar to a parking lot. Be prepared to take 2 hours to drive 10 miles
But you could go 10 mph on a bike and cut the time in half? or do they not have a biking road?
or .......4 o 5 miles an hour on the 405 FWY :D
It was a test of the system. It is designed to be used in such conditions... and it's frightening.
wrong if u check the manual it says its not suppose to be used in heavy traffic
Holy shit people are scared of everything. (hand on the E brake cause he was using ACC) OMG OMG OMG - lol
It's no wonder guys go pee sitting down in the lady's room nowadays.
Daniel Heller Hey. Some guys shit and so happen have to pee once in a while , as dropping a brick.