I was just wondering (and without having to trawl through countless posts) will my 2019 SEL stop me from drifting into the back of somebody when not in ACC or does it have to be on to stop the vehicle? Otherwise, what's the point of pedestrian avoidance/braking around town if it only works when the ACC is on. Which I presume most of us use above speeds of 30mph.

Front Assist does not need ACC active.

 

First it will show a small icon in the dash to show you are following too close (2 cars separated by a warning triangle). If you continue to approach a car too fast it will show a large red warning, then a loud beep, and eventually it will apply the brakes.

To activate Front Assist you need to enable it in driver aids, ASR needs to be active, and you need to move at more then 5km/h.

Thanks Too Tall. I actually saw it come on today. Wouldn't like to chance waiting though.

The last Top Gear episode did a pedestrian avoidance(?) test with a new VW Arteon from 39 mph. The car didn't "see" the pedestrian/didn't stop for the pedestrian. Best to keep your eyes on the road ahead! All this "driver assist" technology makes me a bit nervous. It's convenient (and I love ACC) but I don't let my car do the driving for me.

I agree totally. 

1 hour ago, freelunch said:

The last Top Gear episode did a pedestrian avoidance(?) test with a new VW Arteon from 39 mph. The car didn't "see" the pedestrian/didn't stop for the pedestrian.

Maybe that's why I'm now in month 7 of my new car wait?

Jeremy Clarkson on Grand Tour was driving a car equipped with automatic braking and lane drifting warning and he said that driverless cars had already arrived. To some extent he was correct. The pedestrian avoidance sequence on Top Gear was flawed with a pedestrian represented by a pile of  moving cardboard boxes. 

Edited 21 March, 20197 yr by edbostan

9 minutes ago, edbostan said:

Jeremy Clarkson on Grand Tour was driving a car equipped with automatic braking and lane drifting warning and he said that driverless cars had already arrived. To some extent he was correct. The pedestrian avoidance sequence on Top Gear was flawed with a pedestrian represented by a pile of  moving cardboard boxes. 

Yeah and the sequence where Rory was attempting to prove it would work with a real person was also flawed because it didn't knock the annoying twunt over! 

2 hours ago, edbostan said:

The pedestrian avoidance sequence on Top Gear was flawed with a pedestrian represented by a pile of  moving cardboard boxes. 

 

Yeah, maybe, but I still don't want to hit a pile of cardboard boxes on a crossing, either!

2 hours ago, freelunch said:

 

Yeah, maybe, but I still don't want to hit a pile of cardboard boxes on a crossing, either!

Probably wouldn't get sued by a pile of cardboard boxes though

but the person pushing them probably would