Yeah, good call on the bluetooth. I think every women on the road uses their phone in speaker mode while in the car instead of bluetooth.
I didn't want to go down the woman angle but yes, it is always the ladies!
Yeah, good call on the bluetooth. I think every women on the road uses their phone in speaker mode while in the car instead of bluetooth.
I know its the future ( well actually the present ) with all the driver assistance and I guess people now want self driving cars. Personally I think its a bad trend. The quality of drivers on the road today is already terrible (mostly because of all the distractions ( primarily their phone) and now the lane centering and active cruise will possible encourage or aid in taking your eyes,hands and feet off the road . I don't know. The active cruise control is a great feature and can actually save gas but I still drive with my foot hovering the brake and would not trust it on it's own to come to a full stop. I know it will but depending on it is just not for me. Same with the lane keep. I's glad the CX-9 does not jerk the wheel back in to the lane. That could actually make things worse. You might be swerving suddenly to avoid a tire dropped in your lane.. then what? I turned that off immediately.
I know its the future ( well actually the present ) with all the driver assistance and I guess people now want self driving cars. Personally I think its a bad trend. The quality of drivers on the road today is already terrible (mostly because of all the distractions ( primarily their phone) and now the lane centering and active cruise will possible encourage or aid in taking your eyes,hands and feet off the road . I don't know. The active cruise control is a great feature and can actually save gas but I still drive with my foot hovering the brake and would not trust it on it's own to come to a full stop. I know it will but depending on it is just not for me. Same with the lane keep. I's glad the CX-9 does not jerk the wheel back in to the lane. That could actually make things worse. You might be swerving suddenly to avoid a tire dropped in your lane.. then what? I turned that off immediately.
Re Adaptive Cruise -
Got my 2019 CX-9 Touring 2 weeks ago, did a 700-mile vacation round trip. Set the ACC distance at 3 out of 4 on interstate. Works very nicely, and gives enough distance to not make me nervous about trusting it. Still kept my foot over the brake pedal (wink)
But the most impressive part of ACC, to me, was when a passing car pulls back into your lane just in front of you (well inside the set distance), the ACC doesn't brake - apparently it says "oh, this car is moving faster, so will soon be no problem and there's no reason to brake". I thought that was pretty clever. Haven't seen anybody else mention this.
Overall the radar cruise works okay on calm highway roads. In traffic it is quite useless and dangerous. When a car cuts in front and slows down, the radar doesnt pick it up quick enough and does not brake in time. I have to manually brake. Same thing goes for when a car gets out of the way and there is a slower car in front. The radar doesnt see it quick enough. It's definitely not something you want to trust using. You still need to be aware of everything on the road and keep your foot next to the brakes just in case.
Overall the radar cruise works okay on calm highway roads. In traffic it is quite useless and dangerous. When a car cuts in front and slows down, the radar doesnt pick it up quick enough and does not brake in time. I have to manually brake. Same thing goes for when a car gets out of the way and there is a slower car in front. The radar doesnt see it quick enough. It's definitely not something you want to trust using. You still need to be aware of everything on the road and keep your foot next to the brakes just in case.
But yea, youre so right, youre driving; you need to have complete control.
In my experience, ACC works great but I do not seem to get the SBS - smart brake support and it seems to do a poor job. When I see a car that is coming up close in front of me, the system will not brake for me but I apply the brakes before it does. I really do not want to test the system with no application of brakes from me but I would think the system would be more cautious and apply slight brakes for us??. Am i understanding this correctly?
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Basically, the system monitors a bunch of parameters (throttle input, brake pedal input, steering, distance to object in front, etc.) and if it decides that it needs to intervene, it will throw up a big BRAKE! warning, and if no action is taken, it will brake for you. It brakes pretty hard.
Also note that there is SCBS which functions at speeds of 4 - 30 km/h, and SBS which functions at speeds of 15 -145 km/h. Read this: https://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/safety/precrash_safety/sbs/
This one seems a little difficult to understand when it would brake for you !. I guess Level 3 automation might be needed here !!