Lane Centering and Hands Free Driving

[zhackwyatt]

But most of the time I only have a very light grip and let the wheel move back and forth to make the micro-adjustments to stay in the lane (it does a pretty good job).

I wonder if it works differently compared to a tight grip if you have a blowout or a strong unexpected wind gust.

Since I've never driven a car and had a blowout, I do not know how violent it can it cannot be.

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[ChasingCoral]

I wonder if it works differently compared to a tight grip if you have a blowout or a strong unexpected wind gust.

Since I've never driven a car and had a blowout, I do not know how violent it can it cannot be.

My experiences have ranged from mild excitement to nearly brown pants.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

My experiences have ranged from mild excitement to nearly brown pants.

Unfortunately, no brown interior available for MY2021.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Reading the manual I've found a really cool feature to the Mach E implementation of Lane Centering:
If you drive off-center within the lane, the system sets and maintains that preferred lane position.

Most people don't drive in the center of the lane, they tend to drive a bit right of center. Apparently the Mach E will learn your preferred position within the lane!

 

[codeGR]

Reading the manual I've found a really cool feature to the Mach E implementation of Lane Centering:
If you drive off-center within the lane, the system sets and maintains that preferred lane position.

Most people don't drive in the center of the lane, they tend to drive a bit right of center. Apparently the Mach E will learn your preferred position within the lane!

Hopefully it does a better job than the new Ford Escape I drove recently. I kept having to fight with the vehicle cause I wanted it to drive a little to the right.

 

[Major]

As its name suggests, Lane Centering keeps you in the center of the lane. Vehicles that have Lane Keep Assist without Lane Centering are where you see the ping ponging effect.

I beg to differ. Mine exhibited exactly this behavior - except much worse. It suddenly decided to swing me into the next lane. I'll NOT be letting THIS car self-drive.

 

[generaltso]

I beg to differ. Mine exhibited exactly this behavior - except much worse. It suddenly decided to swing me into the next lane. I'll NOT be letting THIS car self-drive.

Well, since I don't have my car yet, I can't argue with that. I can only say how it's supposed to work.

 

[DiscWiz]

Well, since I don't have my car yet, I can't argue with that. I can only say how it's supposed to work.

I have the exact opposite experience. It has been dead solid in keeping me perfectly centered. You do need to help it around tight curves, but other than this it has been spot on in my opinion.

 

[zhackwyatt]

I beg to differ. Mine exhibited exactly this behavior - except much worse. It suddenly decided to swing me into the next lane. I'll NOT be letting THIS car self-drive.

The car is not designed or intended to self drive.

 

[timbop]

I beg to differ. Mine exhibited exactly this behavior - except much worse. It suddenly decided to swing me into the next lane. I'll NOT be letting THIS car self-drive.

Are you sure you have the adaptive/intelligent cruise control and auto lane centering enabled - IIRC lane centering is a setting? You have to turn on cruise control first, then lane centering. When you engaged there is a blue bubble around a car icon displayed next to the speed. If it loses tracking the blue bubble goes away.

I have the exact opposite experience. It has been dead solid in keeping me perfectly centered. You do need to help it around tight curves, but other than this it has been spot on in my opinion.

I've driven 2 hours on the highway over 4 different drives, and this is generally my experience also - for me it stays between the lines but sometimes leans toward one side or the other, but doesn't get close than a foot or two of the lane lines

 

[Major]

Are you sure you have the adaptive/intelligent cruise control and auto lane centering enabled - IIRC lane centering is a setting? You have to turn on cruise control first, then lane centering. When you engaged there is a blue bubble around a car icon displayed next to the speed. If it loses tracking the blue bubble goes away.


I've driven 2 hours on the highway over 4 different drives, and this is generally my experience also - for me it stays between the lines but sometimes leans toward one side or the other, but doesn't get close than a foot or two of the lane lines

Yes, I had both enabled and saw the blue bubble when lane centering was active. The blue bubble is not there when just adaptive cruise control is active.
I'll admit that I had a difficult time finding the control in the dark to turn it off. I just held tight to the steering wheel until I found it. The lettering on the buttons is not white and there is no light on the steering wheel, so you must feel around to find the correct buttons. When I first got the car, I was also thrown off by the rocker switches. My Prius only had buttons.

 

[ARK]

My experience has been that adaptive cruise control and lane centering is good enough to self-drive on 80% of freeway miles, even if it is not promised to be self-driving yet.

The issue is with curves, the lane centering can handle gentle curves like you would get on most stretches of a freeway, but anything moderate and the system lets go. I think this might be a fail-safe built in where it is impossible for the lane centering to force a sharp turn, even a moderate turn, on the Mach-E in case the computer has made an incorrect calculation.

 

[AllenXS]

I have the exact opposite experience. It has been dead solid in keeping me perfectly centered. You do need to help it around tight curves, but other than this it has been spot on in my opinion.

For me it has been more spot on than spotty, the rain and the curb cause a few issues or maybe it's moving closer to the curb than I'm comfortable with. Auto breaking has been smooth and less aggressive than me. I havent clocked many miles yet so still learning but generally it's good and I am hands ready.

 

[Smurf]

As its name suggests, Lane Centering keeps you in the center of the lane. Vehicles that have Lane Keep Assist without Lane Centering are where you see the ping ponging effect.

I turned it on in my car and it wasn’t working. Does anyone know if this feature is supposed to work now?

 

[generaltso]

I turned it on in my car and it wasn’t working. Does anyone know if this feature is supposed to work now?

Yes, but it only works when using cruise control.

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