Cars with emergency city braking

Firestar_3x · 24 Aug 2016 at 21:47

chaparral said:
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City braking is a cheaper system and only works at slow speeds.

The Golf et others have a Radar which is used for the front assist and Adaptive cruise and works at higher speeds.

My CC system will work up to 120mph iirc so i'd assume the Golf is the same.

mjt · 24 Aug 2016 at 22:08

Firestar_3x said:
My CC system will work up to 120mph iirc so i'd assume the Golf is the same.

Does the CC live again? :eek:

Firestar_3x · 24 Aug 2016 at 22:10

mjt said:
Does the CC live again?

Yep, took 3 months for them to get the parts and fix it

Dave85 · 24 Aug 2016 at 22:24

Semple said:
Is that with an empty load though? I wonder if Volvo's system somehow calculates the extra stopping distance needed for the extra load you're carrying.

I can actually imagine a lot of lorry drivers not liking this system for the exact scenario that you posted. You'll have a lot of drivers cutting lorries up because they know that the lorry will auto brake.

According to a post from Volvo on the youtube video its fully loaded to 40t so proper impressive on wet road as well.

joeyjojo · 25 Aug 2016 at 13:39

matthab said:
I was all ready on the brakes and would have stopped but it was nice to have something to aid in case.

Just asking because from what you wrote the system obviously beat you to it, but I thought they only stepped in when a collision is likely.

Or maybe it put the brakes on earlier than you would have but not 100%, so if you were in control you'd have braked later but harder?