Unintentional Acceleration

[DYohn]

... and it's not a gas pedal.

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[Carsinmyblood]

One thing I'd like to ask: At a red light, does the adaptive or intelligent cruise control move the car into an intersection if the car in front makes a right on red?

Does it obey a red light?

 

[BMT1071]

One thing I'd like to ask: At a red light, does the adaptive or intelligent cruise control move the car into an intersection if the car in front makes a right on red?

Does it obey a red light?

As advertised the system doesn't recognize traffic control devices.

 

[macchiaz-o]

One thing I'd like to ask: At a red light, does the adaptive or intelligent cruise control move the car into an intersection if the car in front makes a right on red?

Does it obey a red light?

The vehicle does not respond to traffic light changes in any way, so it won't "obey" a red light. The driver must do this.

For Mach-Es in North America, we have "speed limit recognition" where the vehicle attempts to optically read speed limit signs as you approach them. It also uses speed limit information from its map data. Between the two of these, this is how it's able to report the speed limit in your instrument cluster and it uses this if you have intelligent adaptive cruise control enabled.

In Europe, the vehicle has "traffic sign recognition" which is a small step above speed limit recognition, to include passing, no passing, and speed limit cancellation signs (e.g. on Autobahn). They also have wrong way alerting (e.g. drunk driver enters freeway via exit ramp), but I'm not sure if that is done via map data or sign recognition.

 

[Kabish]

Ya, if you are at a red light and the car in front of you moves, the you will very quickly get to your set cruise limit.

That is why the system is meant for freeway usage and not side streets. Sure you can use it on side streets, but you need to be very aware of how the car operates.

 

[Nav]

At a red light, does the adaptive or intelligent cruise control move the car into an intersection if the car in front makes a right on red?

If you come to a stop long enough it won't resume speed without you either tapping the accelerator or pushing the resume button. Can't remember what the threshold is but the scenario you mentioned would only happen if you car was fully stopped for just less than a few seconds.

...and yeah, careful with it on side streets! Have to get comfortable with how it will behave before you start trusting it.

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