Why the MME advanced cruise control system is not reacting on stationary objects ahead?

[Rt1AWD]

I thought the major purpose of Advanced cruise control is extra safety. However In the case if there is a still obstacle on the way the car doesn't show it on the front display and doesn't slow down and stop. Why it has such a weird behavior?
It has all the means for that: radars, image recognition, etc. So why doesn't it act appropriately to save the car and he life in this case?
Does Ford plan to fix this at any point of time?

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[CHeil402]

Do you have a specific example of what you're concerned about and what you're defining as an "obstacle"?

 

[RickMachE]

If you're saying that you can drive into a stopped object without the car warning you, that's incorrect.

Have you read the manual that explains what the car will, and will not, react to?

The title of this thread is a) intentionally inflammatory and b) misleading.

 

[Rt1AWD]

Do you have a specific example of what you're concerned about and what you're defining as an "obstacle"?

The car stopped on the traffic light ahead.

 

[Rt1AWD]

If you're saying that you can drive into a stopped object without the car warning you, that's incorrect.

Have you read the manual that explains what the car will, and will not, react to?

Yes I have. It has an explicit warning about that. So I am asking why is this behavior is there in the first place?

 

[Rt1AWD]

Here is that warning

 

[RickMachE]

So you want to know why Ford warns you that if you're driving below 6mph the system may not detect stationary objects?

They're telling you of the system's limitations, so you don't do something stupid like think the car is going to stop as you drive into a wall at slow speed.

So you don't want them to warn you?

Or, you are complaining that the car doesn't have a capability that it doesn't have?

 

[CHeil402]

Any cruise control or safety system in existence for any car from any company is meant to be supplemental safety to common sense and is intended to minimize accidents or minimize their impact, not prevent them all entirely. No system can replace common sense and your responsibility as a driver to drive safely.

The car stopped on the traffic light ahead.

Are you saying that the car doesn't stop you if you are driving into a traffic light pole? Or are you saying that if the traffic signal is red, the car should stop you?

 

[Scooby24]

Cruise control is for tracking your cruise speed with a traveling vehicle in front of you. It's not designed to track obstacles or stopped vehicles that you're approaching. That's why you're expected to be paying attention.

 

[kltye]

So you want to know why Ford warns you that if you're driving below 6mph the system may not detect stationary objects?

I agree that OP's post is a bit inflammatory, BUT they warning that was highlighted states it might not detect objects moving at 6mph or below, rather than "won't detect objects when the car is moving at below 6mph".

Now, having said that, I'm not sure what the problem is. I've used (hands-on) BlueCruise on city streets, and while the braking is not the smoothest, it does stop for traffic stopped ahead, so I think OP can be assured that the car won't plow into stopped traffic.

 

[2FlyMache]

I think what he's saying that if a car ahead is full stop at a traffic light the adaptive cruise won't stop you. I would say that no car would be able to effectively do that if your traveling at 55 mph with your cruise on and you don't expect to have to disengage and control the car from there. You'd need at least 10 bars to maybe do that.

 

[RickMachE]

I agree that OP's post is a bit inflammatory, BUT they warning that was highlighted states it might not detect objects moving at 6mph or below, rather than "won't detect objects when the car is moving at below 6mph".

Now, having said that, I'm not sure what the problem is. I've used (hands-on) BlueCruise on city streets, and while the braking is not the smoothest, it does stop for traffic stopped ahead, so I think OP can be assured that the car won't plow into stopped traffic.

No, it is the car's speed.

 

[Scooby24]

I agree that OP's post is a bit inflammatory, BUT they warning that was highlighted states it might not detect objects moving at 6mph or below, rather than "won't detect objects when the car is moving at below 6mph".

Now, having said that, I'm not sure what the problem is. I've used (hands-on) BlueCruise on city streets, and while the braking is not the smoothest, it does stop for traffic stopped ahead, so I think OP can be assured that the car won't plow into stopped traffic.

If it's tracking those vehicles and the vehicles stop, it will as well. I've had plenty of instances though where I'm transitioning from a highway to a stop light ahead and there are stopped vehicle and the car will NOT stop for them. Maybe it will under some scenarios, but you should not expect it to.

 

[theo1000]

Yes I have. It has an explicit warning about that. So I am asking why is this behavior is there in the first place?

My car stops just fine at traffic lights as long as the Blue cruise is turned on. It does emergency brake but come late and is violent.

This is the second thread where we have Mach-E killing folks FUD despite nothing of the kind happening.

To the OP. Can you post the accident report. Oh! and a picture of your car would be nice too with the display reaction. And is blue cruise turned on.

This thread should be locked or title changed.

 

[Rt1AWD]

Are you saying that the car doesn't stop you if you are driving into a traffic light pole? Or are you saying that if the traffic signal is red, the car should stop you?

I don't see a reason why it can't detect a stationary car in front. It has a radar and image recognition - i don't understand what is the problem.

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