What is Adaptive Cruise Control?
• An automotive feature that allows a vehicle's cruise control system to adapt
the vehicle's speed to the traffic environment.
• • A radar on the front of the vehicle is used to detect whether slower moving
vehicles are in the ACC vehicle's path. – If a slower moving vehicle is detected,
the ACC system will slow the vehicle down and control the clearance, or time
gap, between the ACC vehicle and the forward vehicle. – If the system detects
that the forward vehicle is no longer in the ACC vehicle's path, the ACC system
will accelerate the vehicle back to its set cruise control speed.
• • Allows the ACC vehicle to autonomously slow down and speed up with
traffic without intervention from the driver. The method by which the ACC
vehicle's speed is controlled is via engine throttle control and limited brake
operation
Operation of adaptive cruise control
Operation of adaptive cruise control The Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) System
monitors the distance between your vehicle and the vehicles ahead, and regulates
your speed. The ACC system decelerates your vehicle when necessary to maintain
a safe distance between vehicles. When the way is clear, the ACC system resumes
cruising speed
High Speed ACC (Above 30 kph)
• High-speed ACC allows a driver to set a desired speed as in normal
cruise control; if a vehicle immediately ahead of the equipped vehicle
is moving at a slower speed, then throttle and braking of the host
vehicle is controlled to match the speed of the slower vehicle at a
driver selectable time headway, or gap.
• The desired speed is automatically reattained when the way ahead is
unobstructed, resulting from either the slower vehicle ahead leaving the
lane or the driver of the host vehicle changing to an unobstructed lane.
• High-speed ACC is now available from Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler,
Fiat, GM, Honda, Jaguar, Nissan, PSA, Renault, Saab, Toyota, and
Volkswagen
