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What is Brake Assist? Understanding Brake Assist
Slammed on your brakes recently? Hopefully, your actions helped to avoid a crash. Not every driver is so lucky. In emergency situations, 69% of drivers don’t press the brakes fast enough or hard enough to get the most stopping power out of their brakes. Meaning, your brakes have more stopping power than you utilize due…
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Understanding ADAS: Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
Rear Cross Traffic Alert, also known as RCTA, is an essential feature within Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) designed to enhance safety and reduce accidents in everyday driving scenarios. Picture this: you’re reversing out of a busy parking space, and despite checking your mirrors and looking over your shoulder, a vehicle suddenly appears in your…
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Adaptive Cruise Control: What is ACC in ADAS?
What is ACC in ADAS? When it comes to cars, ACC stands for Adaptive Cruise Control. In a Consumer Reports survey, 85 percent of drivers with Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on their vehicles said they were very satisfied with it. What’s more, 19 percent said their ACC system helped to avoid a crash. Standard cruise…
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Forward Collision Warning: Understanding FCW Systems
Modern vehicles are equipped with more safety features than ever before, thanks to rapid advancements in automotive technology. Among the most impactful of these innovations is Forward Collision Warning (FCW)—an important feature of today’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). They’re designed to help drivers avoid or mitigate front-end collisions, and it’s becoming increasingly common in…
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Understanding ADAS: Parking Assistance
1 in 5 car accidents happens in a parking lot. What if we could remove human error from the equation? Think of the last time you scratched your car. For many, it happened during parking. Parking assistance systems aim to avoid parking crashes and make parking easier for drivers. Parking assistance, also known as park…
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Understanding ADAS: Blind Spot Monitoring
Check your blind spot! Blind spot monitoring (BSM) used to only be available on high-end luxury vehicles. Now, this blind spot technology is offered by midrange and even budget brands. If your current vehicle doesn’t have blind spot monitoring, your next is more likely to. As automotive technology progresses, these advanced safety systems will be…
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Understanding ADAS: Lane Departure Warning
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is simple yet effective ADAS features that can be found in most modern vehicles. It plays an important role in enhancing road safety, reducing the number of potential collisions that happen every year. Designed to alert drivers when their vehicle begins to unintentionally drift out of its lane, this technology serves…
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Implementing ADAS Calibration: 6 ADAS Challenges Most Shops Face (and What to Do About Them)
Nearly all new cars include advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning. Along with this ADAS technology comes automotive sensors (radar, lidar, and camera) that require sensor calibration after windshield replacement, fender benders, and common repair situations. While many vehicles on the road do not have these systems, it’s…
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Basic Guide: ADAS Calibration Equipment
It’s easy to understand why so few auto shops offer advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration services in-house: Time. Money. Know-how. Hassle. Unfamiliarity. But, with the increase in ADAS technology available to consumers and the industry’s 2023 push to have Automated Emergency Braking (AEB) come standard on all models, more and more technicians and automotive…
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New Automotive Night Vision ADAS Technology Illuminates Driving at Night
At night, there is 60 percent less traffic on the roads. Despite this, 50 percent of fatal accidents happen after dark. Our ability to perceive distance and detect objects is severely impaired at night. Although streetlights, headlights, and other light sources help to illuminate roadways, nighttime is still the most dangerous time to drive. That…
