Foursprung: Adaptive cruise control

Jeremy Cato of Canadian Driver had the chance to see the adaptive cruise control in action, by driving a VW Phaeton on a German highway.

We are racing down the autobahn at 230 km/h in a Volkswagen Phaeton when a car slides into the lane ahead, prompting our luxurious Volkswagen sedan to gently slow itself down enough to maintain a safe distance between us and the car in front.

Magic? Not at all. This is adaptive cruise control or ACC at work. Using radar or a laser beam to monitor the traffic ahead, ACC adjusts vehicle speed without direct driver input when it senses a vehicle – or perhaps some other object – ahead. It is all automatic and instantaneous. ACC is important because it not only adds a new safety feature to the electronic safety arsenal already on board today's automobile, it just might help reduce traffic jams, too.

Very interesting article giving some backgound information.

Foursprung, Adaptive Cruise Control

Source: Canadian Driver

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