Exiting a freeway while BlueCruise enabled

[willowma]

Wondering how best to slow down after turning on the turn signal before exiting a freeway and then resuming BC or auto assist if the new road allows. The car generally does not recognize exit speed limit signs, so forced to drive manually after first clicking on the steering wheel stalk or hitting the brake pedal, and then clicking the steering wheel stalk to resume auto speed control on the new road.
Is the new Sync 4A supposed to handle exit speeds automatically or will this always be a manual slowdown and resume?

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[Mach-Lee]

Is the new Sync 4A supposed to handle exit speeds automatically or will this always be a manual slowdown and resume?

I don't see that coming to the Mach-E anytime soon. Too risky without extensive exit speed limit and curve data available. Expect to manually disengage for the foreseeable future.

 

[shadowsjc]

This is my main gripe with blue cruise. It's essentially an over glorified cruise control that has been around since the 1990s. I would have expected some better handoff when using the GPS - i.e. at least automatically switching to the correct lane, alerting of the upcoming exit, etc.

As of now it's a gimmick that I'll ignore and definitely won't pay for once the free trial expires.

 

[Blue highway]

This is my main gripe with blue cruise. It's essentially an over glorified cruise control that has been around since the 1990s. I would have expected some better handoff when using the GPS - i.e. at least automatically switching to the correct lane, alerting of the upcoming exit, etc.

As of now it's a gimmick that I'll ignore and definitely won't pay for once the free trial expires.

BC only uses GPS to turn hands free on and off. It uses cameras to stay between the stripes.

 

[Blue highway]

Wondering how best to slow down after turning on the turn signal before exiting a freeway and then resuming BC or auto assist if the new road allows. The car generally does not recognize exit speed limit signs, so forced to drive manually after first clicking on the steering wheel stalk or hitting the brake pedal, and then clicking the steering wheel stalk to resume auto speed control on the new road.
Is the new Sync 4A supposed to handle exit speeds automatically or will this always be a manual slowdown and resume?

Tap the brake to canx cruise, manually drive the car on clover leaf.

The yellow signs are an advisory speed. Not a speed limit. I don't expect BC to respond to these in the foreseeable future... and hope they never do.

 

[Maquis]

I just press the cancel button on the steering wheel. I keep my foot on the drive pedal to avoid excessive regen braking when cruise is cancelled.

 

[willowma]

Tap the brake to canx cruise, manually drive the car on clover leaf.

The yellow signs are an advisory speed. Not a speed limit. I don't expect BC to respond to these in the foreseeable future... and hope they never do.

Ok, reluctantly accepting that the car won't be able to deal with the appropriate speed on the cloverleaf or other freeway exit, surely it could do a better job of safely disconnecting BC and / or slowing down once the turning indicator is turned on? In my mind if the freeway is mapped, and navigation knows there is an exit approaching, then it should know enough to know when BC should be disengaged, and preferably also what is a safe speed needed to enter the exit?

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Ok, reluctantly accepting that the car won't be able to deal with the appropriate speed on the cloverleaf or other freeway exit, surely it could do a better job of safely disconnecting BC and / or slowing down once the turning indicator is turned on? In my mind if the freeway is mapped, and navigation knows there is an exit approaching, then it should know enough to know when BC should be disengaged, and preferably also what is a safe speed needed to enter the exit?

You are expecting WAY more out of this than you should, it’s not Auto Pilot. All this is is adaptive cruise with lane centering. The BlueCruise part just lets you take your hands off on approved sections of roads where Ford knows the car can handle it. There is 0 awareness of where you are going or what you putting your blinker on might mean beyond the fact that you’re changing lanes.

It’s good at what it sets out to do, but don’t expect more.

 

[Logal727]

I just press the cancel button on the steering wheel. I keep my foot on the drive pedal to avoid excessive regen braking when cruise is cancelled.

This is the way

 

[Space Ghost GT]

Wondering how best to slow down after turning on the turn signal before exiting a freeway and then resuming BC or auto assist if the new road allows. The car generally does not recognize exit speed limit signs, so forced to drive manually after first clicking on the steering wheel stalk or hitting the brake pedal, and then clicking the steering wheel stalk to resume auto speed control on the new road.
Is the new Sync 4A supposed to handle exit speeds automatically or will this always be a manual slowdown and resume?

I know it’s such a crime to have to manually drive your own car. It’s very disappointing that the future generations will just run over a kill some poor kid, because we’ll the car didn’t do a good enough job driving it self and take zero responsibility for their negligent actions.

 

[Space Ghost GT]

To add, I have super strong position about relying on automation and becoming complicit. Having studied human factors way back in college and having a pilots license you get the fun task of studying aviation accidents and listening to black box tapes of crews falling into complacency resulting in hundreds of lost souls. Listening to people die isn’t a fun experience (what it’s called in the profession and record ie how many souls on board with every part 121 filed flight plan). It’s a problem that still haunts the aviation community today especially overseas. Crew resource management was the key here in the states to try and tackle issue. Ie one person flys the aircraft and literally keeps their eyes out the window and on the horizon while the other is troubleshooting through the flight manual if an issue arises. Now this complex and very deadly phenomenon is out on our public highways. How many Tesla owners lost their lives because they were too bothered to manually drive their car when a complex scenario overwhelmed the ridiculously overstated abilities of level 2 autopilot. It’s a real problem that is only going to get worse as more drives rely on these half baked systems. So never ever put your life in the hands of bluecruise or autopilot without keeping your eyes out the window at all times scanning for traffic with hands at the ready because these systems will inadvertently kill you if you put blind faith in them.

 

[devmach-e]

This is my main gripe with blue cruise. It's essentially an over glorified cruise control that has been around since the 1990s. I would have expected some better handoff when using the GPS - i.e. at least automatically switching to the correct lane, alerting of the upcoming exit, etc.

As of now it's a gimmick that I'll ignore and definitely won't pay for once the free trial expires.

Having owned a number of cars with regular cruise control, and subsequently a couple with adaptive cruise control, I can say with certainty that Blue Cruise is way way way better. Most of my 47 mile commute is done with my hands in my lap. Rarely do I have to put my hands on the steering wheel.

 

[SprManKalEl]

Ok, reluctantly accepting that the car won't be able to deal with the appropriate speed on the cloverleaf or other freeway exit, surely it could do a better job of safely disconnecting BC and / or slowing down once the turning indicator is turned on? In my mind if the freeway is mapped, and navigation knows there is an exit approaching, then it should know enough to know when BC should be disengaged, and preferably also what is a safe speed needed to enter the exit?

So build more software to introduce more bugs? No thank you.

I bout the car because I want to drive it not be driven by it. I use BCHF when I am in traffic which is literally every day but, I don't want it to navigate me home with no input from me. I like to control it.

 

[willowma]

So build more software to introduce more bugs? No thank you.



I bout the car because I want to drive it not be driven by it. I use BCHF when I am in traffic which is literally every day but, I don't want it to navigate me home with no input from me. I like to control it.

Tried not to bring up autopilot or FSD. Just suggesting that exiting freeways with BC could be enhanced to be safer. Find that BC often speeds me up before exiting so I have to disengage earlier and reduce speed manually without knowing what the safe exit speed is. Looking to improve safety, not reduce it.

 

[SprManKalEl]

Tried not to bring up autopilot or FSD. Just suggesting that exiting freeways with BC could be enhanced to be safer. Find that BC often speeds me up before exiting so I have to disengage earlier and reduce speed manually without knowing what the safe exit speed is. Looking to improve safety, not reduce it.

Ok. I understand now. I just don't think the car should be in control on exit ramps where other drivers are merging from other directions. We should be navigating these manually so that we have to stay alert and not get complacent.

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