The revised adaptive cruise control system is now offered with Porsche Active Safe (PAS).
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Many of the enabling technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning systems, already exist.
But with optional features like racing-inspired paddle shifters, blind-spot detection, adaptive cruise control and massaging seats, the price escalates quickly.
Some luxury cars already contain adaptive cruise control, which uses radar or laser-based sensors to track the movements of vehicles on the road ahead.
Adaptive Cruise Control, Emergency Brake Assist, available Blind Spot Monitoring, available Automatic High Beam Assist and an available Surround Camera System are all on the menu.
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Instead, look for the technology to roll out gradually, building on systems that are already available, like adaptive cruise control, active braking, lane-keeping systems and parking assist.
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The Driver Assist package, debuting now, goes a step further by intervening to avoid a crash through its Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Collision Preparation, and Front and Rear Automatic Braking systems.
The G-wagen also gets into step with the latest generation of Mercedes's infotainment and Internet systems, as well as safety tech such as (optional) adaptive cruise control, parking assist and blind-spot assist.
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When asked, some study participants expressed strong interest in having a vehicle that could drive itself, particularly for long trips when lane centering and full-speed range adaptive cruise control could help lighten the driver's workload.
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Ford's outfitted the Fusion Energi with a dizzying array of driver-assist tech, including a lane-keeping system, adaptive cruise control, driver alert system, active park assist, rear camera, blind-spot indicator system with cross-traffic alert and pull-drift compensation (phew).
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Options to look for include adaptive cruise control that can automatically maintain a set speed and interval on the highway, and high-intensity Xenon headlamps with Active Curve Illumination that can help illuminate the road at night through curves.
The manufacturers are also developing adaptive cruise control, which can automatically maintain a safe speed and distance from other vehicles, and intelligent speed adaptation, which can, in its most active form, prevent a driver exceeding the speed limit.
High-tech options include adaptive cruise control, rear parking assist with cross-path detection and a lane departure system that not only alerts you if the vehicle drifts out of the lane, but gently guides you back between the lane markers.
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Radar embedded in the front of the Fusion sweeps the road ahead and when the adaptive cruise control is activated the car automatically slows down as it approaches another vehicle within a certain distance and then speeds up when the gap widens.
Between the blind-spot monitoring system, the active lane-keeping, the adaptive cruise control (maintaining a set distance to the vehicle ahead), and the "precollision" system, which uses internal cameras to monitor drivers' faces for signs of inattention, the GS350 is about as close to an automated auto as you'll find on the market.
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Autonomous driving in slow traffic is a logical combination of adaptive cruise-control and the lane-keeping systems, already available in some vehicles, which either warn the driver if the car starts to drift out of lane, or apply corrective steering to keep it in lane.
The 2012 Audi A7 also offers an adaptive radar-based cruise control system that not only maintains a set speed and distance from the traffic ahead on the highway, it can operate as efficiently in stop and go traffic.
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