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Be careful about trusting your life on it. Its radar looks down a narrow straight path in the center front of your vehicle. Narrow path because it has to so it does not see oncoming vehicles on that two lane road or that tree on the side of the highway. So when the vehicle is in a curve it is looking at the guard rail on the side of the road. Yes the guard rail may be close but the distance to your vehicle is not changing so the system does not apply the brakes. Therefore you could come up on a stalled car or a deer and you would be on top of it before the radar picked it up. Does the radar turn to match the turn angle? Not on large trucks and I do not know on high-end cars. Large trucks have been running it as an option for several years and it is becoming mandatory. It was first introduced in Europe with Benz-Daimler Corporation and Bendix / Knorr Bremse Group. It will actually disengage the cruise at 4 second following distance and then start to apply the brakes at about 3 second following distance for a truck. This is what is called adaptive cruise. The next thing coming to the large truck market is what is called predictive cruise control. It will use GPS with terrain information and road information to control engine speed and brakes. So you have your foot on the accelerator doing 60 MPH. GPS road information feed info that a 40 MPH curve is coming up. It will decelerate the truck and start to apply brakes all on its own even as you have your foot on the accelerator pedal. GPS and terrain info will feed a signal that a downhill grade is ahead. It will remove acceleration and coast and then will apply brakes and jakes as you start to descend the grade. Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it! - John Steinbeck | |||
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Be aware that on a 2017 Outback, unless you pony up $1600 for this Eyesight system, you don't get Navigation. I purposely omitted the Eyesight and when the car arrived, was surprised to find it had every other option except Navigation . | |||
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I know what it's called and I know its purpose, I just find it annoying when I'm already awake. I drove a Mercedes SUV the other day. No chirping or flashing. Instead when you change lanes without a signal, the steering wheel vibrates. Those Germans are a subtle bunch . | |||
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Striker in waiting |
You can keep all the fancy crap until we're talking true driverless / autopilot (which I'm certain we'll see on a mass scale in the next 20 years, if not sooner). If I'm driving, I want to be driving. I don't even like ABS systems. Glad they seem to save some lives, though. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Recently got a 2014 with that, it's actually pretty nice. The vibration and very quiet noise almost perfectly replicates the sound of just off the white line rumble strips, and it vibrates exactly three short bursts and stops. Very cool. I guess for someone not in the habit of using a signal every lane change it'd be a hassle. Or change their behavior! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Min-Chin-Chu-Ru... Speed with Glare |
I've got a 2017 Forester with the Eyesight system. I've had it about 6 weeks. The adaptive cruise control brakes gradually and you can choose from three different following distances: 200 ft. 150 ft and 100 ft. The pre collision braking system also operates gradually and immediately cuts out if the driver takes evasive action. Could there be a glitch at some point? Sure. But I wouldn't buy a car that didn't have the latest safety technology. But that's me. | |||
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