Exiting a freeway while BlueCruise enabled

[devmach-e]

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.

BCHF is not AutoPilot or FSD, but it seems like you want it to act like them. Did Ford promise you an Autopilot/FSD like system?

If you are exiting a freeway, or traversing an interchange, you absolutely should be in full control of the car. It is pretty easy to disengage BCHF while driving. Either hit the temporary cancel button on the steering wheel or tap the brake pedal. The safe exit speed is usually posted. It is up to you to slow yourself down to that speed.

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[markb]

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.

BCHF is just ADAS where you can take your hands off the wheel. Most newer cars have a form of ADAS, but require some form of driver input on the steering wheel....even in a Telsa (without FSD)....and this has nothing to do with being a BEV.

It's a small feature enhancement to move from having to put some force on the steering wheel every 30 secs to using eye tracking to make sure you are paying attention. Just try playing with the radio for more than 30 secs with BCHF is on.

I will say that small improvement removes alot of driver fatigue on long trips or stuck in stop'n'go traffic, IMO, as your brain is less engaged in driving process. FSD it is not.

BCHF 1.2 (or ActiveGlide for Lincoln) is bringing a lane change capability to the feature.

As for getting off the highway, I turn the thing off....like any other cruise control.

 

[Mach1E]

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 what you’re asking for, but honestly hope you never get it.

I would never want my car to “guess” when I want to slow down (or speed up for that matter) when changing lanes or going to an on ramp.

Why? Because it’s just as likely to guess wrong.

We have some full (70 mph) exit ramps here for example.

Some exit ramps are multiple lanes and require a speed change depending on where you need to get over.

Either way, you should be in complete control at this point.

Now a simple lane change? That’s something BC has promised is coming in the future.

 

[willowma]

Ok, I understand what you’re asking for, but honestly hope you never get it.



I would never want my car to “guess” when I want to slow down (or speed up for that matter) when changing lanes or going to an on ramp.



Why? Because it’s just as likely to guess wrong.



We have some full (70 mph) exit ramps here for example.



Some exit ramps are multiple lanes and require a speed change depending on where you need to get over.



Either way, you should be in complete control at this point.



Now a simple lane change? That’s something BC has promised is coming in the future.

Didn't realize what I was getting into when I posted this thread. I've never driven a Tesla but started digging and realized that what I was asking for is basically the Navigate on Autopilot feature (part of the Tesla intermediate Enhanced Autopilot) which they now charge $6000 or $99 per month for. This includes not just lane changing but exiting and entering freeways. Is there a reason the Mach-e can't support something close to this with the existing hardware? And if it can, why wouldn't that add to safety rather than detract from it?

 

[devmach-e]

Didn't realize what I was getting into when I posted this thread. I've never driven a Tesla but started digging and realized that what I was asking for is basically the Navigate on Autopilot feature (part of the Tesla intermediate Enhanced Autopilot) which they now charge $6000 or $99 per month for. This includes not just lane changing but exiting and entering freeways. Is there a reason the Mach-e can't support something close to this with the existing hardware? And if it can, why wouldn't that add to safety rather than detract from it?

Simple answer is because Ford chose not to. We don't know why. We can speculate that the existing hardware suite doesn't support it. Or that maybe Ford doesn't want the liability headache. Or perhaps they don't have the programming expertise to implement the necessary level of self driving.

 

[phil]

...as your brain is less engaged in driving process.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

This is the way

 

[Mach1E]

Didn't realize what I was getting into when I posted this thread. I've never driven a Tesla but started digging and realized that what I was asking for is basically the Navigate on Autopilot feature (part of the Tesla intermediate Enhanced Autopilot) which they now charge $6000 or $99 per month for. This includes not just lane changing but exiting and entering freeways. Is there a reason the Mach-e can't support something close to this with the existing hardware? And if it can, why wouldn't that add to safety rather than detract from it?

Does the Tesla even do what you’re asking? (Automatically slow down) or does it just steer?

I honestly don’t know.

FWIW, at least the lane change has been teased by Ford.

Now why don’t we have it yet? Ford is a little more cautious with the roll out of these things than Model T.

That and I doubt many would pay $6k or $99/mo for those couple additions vs $600 for Bluecruise. I certainly wouldn’t.

For $6k it better make me breakfast while driving me to work.

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