Toyota Highlander highway & traffic jam assist real-life test
- 2 years ago
The new Toyota Highlander Hybrid is equipped with the latest range of 'Toyota Safety Sense’ active safety technologies, designed to help prevent or mitigate collisions across a wide range of traffic situations.
The Highlander's Toyota Safety Sense package includes a Pre-Collision System (PCS) with day and night pedestrian detection and daytime bicyclist detection, Full Range Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Road Sign Assist (RSA), Lane Tracing Assist (LTA), Lane Departure Alert (LDA), Automatic High Beam (AHB) and Road Sign Assist (RSA).
Lane Departure Alert (LDA), Lane Trace Assist (LTA) provides support for smooth driving even on motorways (highways) with frequent curves and in heavy traffic congestion. Whilst ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) is activated, a Lane Centering function assists the driver with some of the steering necessary maintaining a central position in the current lane. This is how traffic jam assist (in a city) and highway assist is accomplished - semi-autonomous driving.
Additional improvements to the LTA system include a faster reactivation time after a lane change; an increased counter steer angle to contrast air turbulence when overtaking big trucks and give more straight line stability; earlier notice of a curve radius ahead to acute for the system to cope with; and increased steering wheel force in order to keep LTA active at higher Toyota Highlander speeds.
The Highlander's Toyota Safety Sense package includes a Pre-Collision System (PCS) with day and night pedestrian detection and daytime bicyclist detection, Full Range Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Road Sign Assist (RSA), Lane Tracing Assist (LTA), Lane Departure Alert (LDA), Automatic High Beam (AHB) and Road Sign Assist (RSA).
Lane Departure Alert (LDA), Lane Trace Assist (LTA) provides support for smooth driving even on motorways (highways) with frequent curves and in heavy traffic congestion. Whilst ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) is activated, a Lane Centering function assists the driver with some of the steering necessary maintaining a central position in the current lane. This is how traffic jam assist (in a city) and highway assist is accomplished - semi-autonomous driving.
Additional improvements to the LTA system include a faster reactivation time after a lane change; an increased counter steer angle to contrast air turbulence when overtaking big trucks and give more straight line stability; earlier notice of a curve radius ahead to acute for the system to cope with; and increased steering wheel force in order to keep LTA active at higher Toyota Highlander speeds.