Volvo XC60 Adaptive Cruise Control in City Traffic (local roads)

[kaosgenki]

Why hold a camera/phone while driving? In Australia, where I am, it is A$300 and 3 demerit points... It is too dangerous...

[MarkMck1994]

@kaosgenki Its the same in Scotland...

£60 (A$88) Fine and 3 Penalty Points.

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or if its "failing to have full control of a vehicle"

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its £1,500 (A$2214) 3 Points (and possibly a whole driving disqualification)

Just too dangerous and risky. Your in control of a killing machine! idiots, agree with you %100.

[juxtapos99]

I'm not sure what you're getting at. 0:27 I had to brake myself. I can see everything around me and I'm reacting to everything around me. I use a signal to change lanes 1:35, I know where my next turn is 2:21, etc. Do my responses seem late or slow as if I'm distracted? Perhaps speaking in a car is a £1,500 fine in Scotland but not here.

You understand I'm not driving by looking through my camera view finder, right? I always drive with one hand (I learned on a manual transmission).

[juxtapos99]

@kaosgenki you think holding something in your hand is dangerous? I think the point of safety is to keep your eyes on the road which I am, hence the bad camera angles. I'm just pointing the camera forward and not doing a really good job of it because I am paying attention to my driving.

0:21 "Let's see if this dude pulls out in front of me... nope." My field of view is about 10 times what the camera is showing and just holding the camera forward is not using much brain power.

[juxtapos99]

@kaosgenki I asked that same question before I took the video and afterwards when I looked the results. I plan to do one more vid and for image quality (not safety) I'll have a dashboard mount and another camcorder to show the brake movements. It's weird that the brake actually moves itself while driving.

[ianneub]

Does the queue assist feature work well in stop and go traffic? Do you need to hit the gas and/or a button to get the car to go forward again after coming to a stop? Seems like that would defeat the purpose of having it if that was the case.

[juxtapos99]

@ianneub It's ok.

The braking is a bit strong and could be smoother and anticipate a stop.better. It glides at first, then does hard braking to slow down, and then a few seconds of gentle braking to come to a stop. The harder (later) the car in front of you breaks to stop the harder the ACC will brake.

The acceleration from a stop is a bit gentle and could be quicker.

I need to hit the gas to get the car moving again but I never a need to touch the brake pedal in stop and go traffic.

[Rodolcort]

you got the xc60 with all the options except for the r-design package...

[juxtapos99]

@Rodolcort yep.