Tag: adaptive cruise control

Consumer Reports throws a list of its favorite safety features

Adaptive cruise control indicator

Safety features Consumer Reports (CR) recently showed a list of what it calls key safety features to look for in new and used cars. And while we have no specific beef with their list, save one, we thought that three more features should be added. First the CR list: Blind Spot Warning (BSW), along with …

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Smart gets dumb on adaptive cruise control

Adaptive cruise The Smart division of Mercedes-Benz has created a very different set of images to represent Adaptive Cruise Control, starting with the 2024 Smart 5 model. Gone are the speedometer dials, images of cars and representations of distances between cars. Smart is now using a semi circle with a number in it and the …

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Lane change page swells yet again

Lane indicator

Lane change With the addition of three new symbols from Skoda, our Lane Departure and Lane Change Assist page now sports a total of 61 indicators! The symbols, all carrying at least the color green, are part of the company’s Travel Assist system, and more specifically for these indicators, Lane Guidance. All green indicates that …

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Semi-adaptive cruise control indicator

Semi-adaptive cruise We are in the process of updating our Opel dashboard symbols page, and ran across an odd item: Semi-adaptive Cruise Control. It, of course has a slightly different indicator symbol, because why not, but we had to dig in to understand why it is semi-adaptive. We don’t see a difference, except in the …

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Active or Advanced Cruise Control Indicators

Active Cruise Control These are Active or Advanced or Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) Indicator symbols. The first symbols add a car to the speedometer (the dial) and arrow (pointer) found in another symbol. Again, unfortunately it is not immediately clear to the average driver just what it is trying to say. The car indicates that …

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Cruise or Speed Control Indicators

Cruise control indicator

Cruise Control This first image is the Cruise Control Indicator light in text form. The light is illuminated when the cruise control is engaged. It is perfectly straightforward, as opposed to the many image symbols below that are now often used in its place. First, are you sure one of these is your symbol?? If …

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Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Status Indicator

ADAS status indicator

Driver Assist This is an Advanced Driver Assistance Systems or ADAS Status Indicator symbol. As shown the, ADAS indicator shows green on both sides, and is thus ready. The color can vary depending on circumstances. The symbol is meant to show the proper lane, another car travelling ahead, and the distance to that car, represented …

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