Thank you Skoda for the Rear Traffic Alert - it saved my bacon as I was reversing out of the space to the right behind the rightmost bay here after dropping someone off:

 

As soon as I have started to reverse, the car emitted a very loud beep followed by a slam on the brakes - all within 1/4th of a second. 

Only after seeing "Emergency braking complete. Please take over" on the dash I realised how close that was... The other car just zoomed past, doing at least 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.

 

 

Great innit.....and it caught me out the one and only (so far) time it has activated, as I thought I had hit something unseen - which I hadn't. Saved my bacon then too.

So it automatically engaged the brakes without you pressing the brake pedal? A couple of times my ACC has sounded a warning beep and the message apply brakes now when I've pulled past a car turning off in front of me which seems to occasionally confuse it. No hint of auto braking though

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Mine slammed the brakes on when it saw a car approaching at a high speed. If you watch the screen, the Rear Traffic Alert warnings can be amber or red, depending on the approaching speed of the target vehicle. I am guessing amber triggers an audio visual warning, and red applies the brakes instantly. 

So it automatically engaged the brakes without you pressing the brake pedal? A couple of times my ACC has sounded a warning beep and the message apply brakes now when I've pulled past a car turning off in front of me which seems to occasionally confuse it. No hint of auto braking though

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The Rear Traffic Alert is for when you're reversing out of a space with bad visibility. Take a supermarket car park space as an example. It's not connected to the ACC which is via a front mounted radar. 

 

The Rear Traffic Alert uses the twin radar units in the sides of the rear bumper that also scan for the blind spot warning system - if fitted. It's standard on the L&K......

I've got the same rear traffic alert as well, although it's bleeped a few times in the supermarket car park, it's never activated the brakes. I know the ACC does when set in cruise control, I'm not sure if it has a non switchable emergency braking action using the same nose radar sensor. I suspect it does.. I guess I should read the manual.

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I've got the same rear traffic alert as well, although it's bleeped a few times in the supermarket car park, it's never activated the brakes. I know the ACC does when set in cruise control, I'm not sure if it has a non switchable emergency braking action using the same nose radar sensor. I suspect it does.. I guess I should read the manual.

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Front Assist is the auto emergency braking part of the system for the front, via the radar in the grille. It can be switched on and off in the maxidot menu. Can't think why anyone would though..... :no:

The Rear Traffic Alert seem to work and when you park the car with rear side near wall. 

It hapen already 2 or 3 times the car to brake when it "feel" you are approaching to fast or going too close to some obstacle.

Edited 25 April, 201610 yr by Samo78

Had the front one go today....all clear ahead and suddenly the brakes slammed on with the red 'you're about to crash ' symbol.

The only thing that had passed in front was a low flying pigeon! Full brakes unexpectedly at 60mph was a surprise I can live without!!

The ACC was on but not driving.

Had the front one go today....all clear ahead and suddenly the brakes slammed on with the red 'you're about to crash ' symbol.

The only thing that had passed in front was a low flying pigeon! Full brakes unexpectedly at 60mph was a surprise I can live without!!

The ACC was on but not driving.

That's how I assumed it worked, ie always on in the background which of course makes sense, providing it doesn't react to pigeons, twigs, leaves etc.

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Does anyone know if rear traffic alert is available on the Octavia III?

Does anyone know if rear traffic alert is available on the Octavia III?

At least it can be retrofitted.

Had the front one go today....all clear ahead and suddenly the brakes slammed on with the red 'you're about to crash ' symbol.

The only thing that had passed in front was a low flying pigeon! Full brakes unexpectedly at 60mph was a surprise I can live without!!

The ACC was on but not driving.

That has nothing to do with ACC. That´s your Front Assist

Does anyone know if rear traffic alert is available on the Octavia III?

 

Yes its possible I have retrofit blindspot sensors from golf 7 on my Octavia which also includes Rear Traffic Alert.

Yes its possible I have retrofit blindspot sensors from golf 7 on my Octavia which also includes Rear Traffic Alert.

 

I saw posts from your retrofit, it's very impressive - well done! How did you get the wiring to the wing mirror for the warning LED?

My rear traffic alert has gone off on me twice and scared the bajeesus out of me. Once it did save me from someone who'd flown around the corner and was then going for a land speed record in the backstreet i was reversing into, but the other time I was doing a 3 point turn and reversing back out into the clear space on my side of the road behind me. The car of course didn't know what was on my mind and treated the car on the other side of the road as a threat and slammed the brakes on.

At least i know it works!

I saw posts from your retrofit, it's very impressive - well done! How did you get the wiring to the wing mirror for the warning LED?

 

I haven't mounted the warning leds yet but when time comes the wiring must go through the connection point at the door and then behind the canton speaker in the door.