Which cars provide the best "self driving" aids?

GDB2222

As I get older, I find it increasingly tiring driving. I think there's been a lot of hype about self-driving cars, so what is achievable, and have any manufacturers implemented it significantly better than others?

The aids I am aware of are:

1. Automatic emergency breaking 
2. Lane keeping
3. Cruise control that automatically keeps a sensible distance from the car in front

Are there others that make sense (and work)? 

 

subjecttocontract

Electric everything.
Rain sensing wipers.
Automatic/ adaptive headlights.
Auto dip beam.
Keyless ignition.
One touch widows.
Park assist.
Rear view camera.
Gesture tailgate.
Auto headlamp levelling.
Memory seats.
Head up display.
Touch screen controls.
Traffic sign recognition.
Attention Assist.
Powered tailgate.
Auto climate control.
Etc

Car_54

subjecttocontract said:

One touch widows.

I've met some of them ...

Car_54

subjecttocontract said:

Rain sensing wipers.
One touch widows.
Head up display.
Powered tailgate.

How do those contribute to "self-driving", which was the OP's question?

The hypothetical "robot" won't need windows, or wipers, or tailgates.

daveyjp

The one I use more than any other and would miss is distance control cruise.  Absolutely brilliant.  Motorways keeps speed, catching a car and slowing?  Indicate, car begins to speed back up ready for the overtake.  Queuing traffic?  Set and forget, it crawls.  Queue stops, it stops, car in front moves.  Flick the cruise switch and it restarts and crawls again.  Twisty stuff and a queue of traffic?  set it and it just maintains the speed, brakes when car in front slows for corners etc.

The assisted braking which reacts to brake lights is far quicker at applying brakes than I would ever be.

Keep_pedalling

The two I really won’t wont do without on my next car are adaptive cruise control and full matrix headlights.

Frozen_up_north

Driving aids are just that, aids.

Lane assist will give your steering wheel a shake when you cross the partially erased white lines crossing the carriageway from previous road works.

Rain obscures the cameras, meaning you miss speed limit and other signs. Overhead variable speed limit gantry signs on motorways are not always picked up.

Some other drivers don’t see your matrix headlights change pattern, and blast you with full beam.

The ultrasonic sensors occasionally sense you are going to hit something when reversing, I’ve had the “hit a concrete block and whip lash” stop the car dead on several occasions.

The really useful aid is a reversing camera with a pair of lines showing your wheel track and distance markers. I’m not sure about the rest.

GDB2222

I guess that 'full self driving' is Elon Musk hype, then? And other manufacturers do lane keeping, emergency braking, and adaptive cruise control just as well, if not better? 

facade

My EV has adaptive cruise, I like the sign recognition so it will cruise at the limit on an empty road, but it seems to follow traffic a lot closer than I would, even with the follow distance set to maximum.

It worries me that if the vehicle in front is too close to the one in front of him etc., and they just run into the back of each other when one emergency stops for a classic "pile up", then my car just won't be able to stop in time.

To answer the original question, the posher spec. version of mine has "lane keeping assist" which tweaks the steering to stay in the middle of what it thinks is the lane.

subjecttocontract

Car_54 said:

subjecttocontract said:

Rain sensing wipers.
One touch widows.
Head up display.
Powered tailgate.

How do those contribute to "self-driving", which was the OP's question?

The hypothetical "robot" won't need windows, or wipers, or tailgates.

* Anti lock brakes.
* Traction control.
* Low tyre pressure warning.
* Hill decent control.
* Cornering lights.
* Satellite Navigation.
* Wade sensing.
* Auto dimming rvm.
* Automatic transmission.
* Torque vectoring.
* Power steering.
* Dynamic stability/ Roll stability & Trailer stability control.I
Etc.

kinger101

Personally, I think fewer controls are better if you want reduce task loading.  I am not sure there is much that can be done about getting tired   Just acknowledge it happens and adjust behaviour accordingly.

That's not to say some things are not good.  I really miss the heated front windscreen on my old Mondeo.  A good parking aid too.

But cruise control I use primarily to avoid speeding.  Its not for use if you are fatigued, even with lane control.