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I got adaptive cruise control in an Audi A3 last year and was amazed to find out it was first introduced in the mid 90s! That being said it feels very futurist

by robmcm 12y ago

I got adaptive cruise control in an Audi A3 last year and was amazed to find out it was first introduced in the mid 90s! That being said it feels very futuristic having a radar in your car and makes driving on the motorway a lot more pleasant. However I now seem to spend the brain cycles I was using on judging speed imagining up bugs that could cause me to accelerate into the car in front :/

qooleot 12y ago
This. I'd played with all sorts of leap second adjustments, time zone switching, etc. A really rolling road (Arizona has some of these) where the car might be one "roller" ahead of you but look a lot closer, then your car hits the brakes at the apex with a car tailing you.
- robmcm 12y ago
  There is a warning in the manual about sharp corners. There are times when on coming cars could look like they are in your lane. The biggest issue is that it ignores stationary cars, so if you come around a corner to red traffic lights it would drive straight into any stationary cars. Which is why I only really use it on the motorways (highways).
cjrp 12y ago
Does it work if you're following a motorbike? I'm not sure how wide a vehicle it needs to get a decent radar return. Edit: Just looking at a Honda manual online[1], it says: "ACC may not recognize motorcycles or other small vehicles ahead of your vehicle". That's more than a little worrying. [1] https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00237A.pdf https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00...
- robmcm 12y ago
  Mine tracks bikes well, I think it also uses a camera mounted above the rear view mirror. It also uses that camera to dip the headlights, which is often tricked by two lights close together (reflectors on bollards or traffic cones). It's also has to wait to see the headlights, where as I can tell they are coming a short time before.
  - xanderstrike 12y ago
    And it doesn't dim the lights for bicycles/motorcycles. Audis are the bane of my existence. If you can turn that feature off and manually control the brights I implore you to do so.

by robmcm 12y ago

qooleot 12y ago

This. I'd played with all sorts of leap second adjustments, time zone switching, etc. A really rolling road (Arizona has some of these) where the car might be one "roller" ahead of you but look a lot closer, then your car hits the brakes at the apex with a car tailing you.

robmcm 12y ago
There is a warning in the manual about sharp corners. There are times when on coming cars could look like they are in your lane. The biggest issue is that it ignores stationary cars, so if you come around a corner to red traffic lights it would drive straight into any stationary cars. Which is why I only really use it on the motorways (highways).

cjrp 12y ago

Does it work if you're following a motorbike? I'm not sure how wide a vehicle it needs to get a decent radar return. Edit: Just looking at a Honda manual online[1], it says: "ACC may not recognize motorcycles or other small vehicles ahead of your vehicle". That's more than a little worrying. [1] https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00237A.pdf https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00...

robmcm 12y ago
Mine tracks bikes well, I think it also uses a camera mounted above the rear view mirror. It also uses that camera to dip the headlights, which is often tricked by two lights close together (reflectors on bollards or traffic cones). It's also has to wait to see the headlights, where as I can tell they are coming a short time before.
- xanderstrike 12y ago
  And it doesn't dim the lights for bicycles/motorcycles. Audis are the bane of my existence. If you can turn that feature off and manually control the brights I implore you to do so.