What are these two lines under speedometer?

[Andrew@Lethal]

Lane assists, it can be disabled.

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[Sunhawk]

I use them to alert me, when green it is safe to jump to light speed...

And if you go to Ludicrous Speed, they'll turn from green to plaid! :-D

 

[hellohello123]

I believe the system auto brakes at <15mph, and at higher (35mph?), it doesn't stop, but will slow down, and at higher speeds it will not stop/slow, but the red led will flash and you get audible collision warning.

This kinda works as I have tried this (behind my wife's car). The system does slow down the mustang when she slowed from 45 to 15.

If you leave your cruise control on, it will slow down and then even stop right behind the car in front.

Consumer reports (or IIHS) unfairly bashed the Ford,Mazda, and Hyundai's system because they tested the system with cars driving 35 down and a "child" mannequin coming out between two parked cars. For some reason the fusion that they tested ended up hitting the child. While the subaru and volvo systems seem to be able to stop it, in real world situations, my mustang did stop and that's because I was not texting or distracted in any other way. Also their tests don't seem to show how many trials they do, and when they list performance numbers they never say if the numbers were averages, which they should be.

Should people buy cars because it can stop itself so that the driver can afford to be more distracted? I say if the driver is that distracted so that they must buy the car that has the best ability to stop itself, maybe they need to get their drivers license taken away because... they aren't driving anymore.

Would I be happier if the ford system performed perfectly in the consumer reports flawed (and often biased) testing system? Why not. Do I wish my car was best at emergency automatic braking? I don't know. The emergency braking is (to me) like any other safety device, (like airbags, seatbelts). I don't plan (and hope) to use it, but when contingencies do happen, I am hoping that I will actually be paying attention to the road and my situational awareness that the ford's system will assist me to not cause death.

In another topic... while the lane keeping system in the mustang's safe&smart package is alright (actually it's pretty useless because it doesn't intervene until you are about to go out of your lane, making it look like a drunk driver is driver your car), the copilot360 in the 2020 escape loaner car was almost too good. The copilot system is labeled centering, not lane keeping, and it did an amazing job keeping the car in the center lane. The MDX system isn't too bad as I used to drive from NYC to Monterey MA and on the highways, I just keep my hand on the steering wheel and it basically does everything on it's own, and I feel that the ford's new system is even better.

That being said, I still keep my system turned on, hoping that Ford will at least take log on what my front camera sees and what I am actually doing, and maybe send all that data back to Ford's data farm and help the development of their AI driving algorithm... I doubt it, even though that seems like it'll be the fastest way to make the best self-driving technology... I doubt they do that though, because it makes too much sense.

I am all for mor advanced tech, as long as I can still go full manual. To row my own gears on a V8 and do my own double declutching, and then put it it on semi-autonomous driving on a 3+ hour highway cruising if I want to? That sounds pretty good to me.

Hell, I'll even take a 2.3L EB driving rear wheels, and electric front awd, and be able to switch from rear wheel ICE to awd in snow, and then go electric biased mode that can net me much better gas mileage? I will totally support Ford (as long as they continue making V8's and can keep them affordable to the average person like me).

ive just read the manual, for us, it says 5km or above it activates, and under 80km, so I take that to mean above 80km it doesnt work at all, which sounds odd,

there is 3 steps
1. alert
2. assisted braking if you press the brake
3. sudden braking

applies to stationary, fwd travelling cars and pedestrians

so i wouldnt mind to test it out, but it sounds like, if you are travelling 5-80km/h and if you are about to run into a stationary car, moving car or pedestrian, and dont touch the brakes, it will stop for you

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