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      Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) : Everything Which You Need to Know

      Mahindra XUV700 have popular ADAS in recent weeks and made it more attract than ever. It’s the next greatest innovation to make its way onto cars, and has the potential to make Indian roads safer.

      What is ADAS?

      ADAS or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems is a suite of features that give a vehicle certain autonomous capabilities.

      You will find many manufacturers their vehicles being equip with Level 1 ADAS or Level 2 ADAS.

      These levels only signify the autonomous capabilities of these vehicles, and the higher the level, the more capable it is.

      There are no officially set benchmarks and the Level 2 ADAS of one carmaker can be similar to Level 1 ADAS of another manufacturer.

      You should always test drive the car and check out these features in person before making a buying decision.

      How ADAS Work?

      ADAS makes use of a many cameras and sensors to work.

      Both scan the area around a vehicle and then feed that information into an onboard computer, which then creates a digital map of the surroundings of the car.

      It then gives instructions to other computers and controls of the car to take the necessary actions.

      The quality of ADAS depends on the sophistication of the parts and the code used.

      Good cameras, sensors and computing abilities will produce better results, and will generally allow a car to scan and understand its surroundings.

      ADAS works best with good road infrastructure.

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      The ADAS can detect the white lines and other markings on the road, and is often dependent on them to understand its surroundings.

      ADAS systems can also detect sign boards, especially speed markings, and automatically slow down the car to adhere to the limit.

      Means, better road infrastructure means that ADAS will work better for every level of vehicle.

      Features of ADAS

      ADAS features can be understood in three categories:

      • Advanced warning,
      • Intervention,
      • Comfort.

      Advance Warning

      • Forward Collision Warning
      • Lane Departure Warning
      • Blind Spot Warning
      • Rear Cross Traffic Alert

      Intervention

      • Auto Emergency Braking
      • Lane Keep Assist
      • Lane Departure Prevention

      Comfort

      • Adaptive Cruise Control
      • High Beam Assist
      • Traffic Sign Detection
      • Lane Change Assist

      Advance warning features will alert the driver by the sound of a chime inside the cabin to warn you about an impending danger.

      If the car’s ADAS detects that the vehicle in front is slowing down, or you are leaving your lane, or there is someone in your blindspot or a car is in your path while reversing, it will sound a chime and even give you a visual alert on the instrument cluster.

      If this warning is not heed then your vehicle moves on to the next step, which is intervening.

      In case of an imminent collision, the vehicle will automatically apply the brakes.

      If you are deviating from your lane, the steering wheel gets electrically actuate and it nudges you back into your lane.

      Adaptive Cruise Control takes it a step further by adding acceleration along with steering and braking inputs.

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      You can set the system to a predetermined speed.

      If it detects a vehicle in front, it will automatically slow down and maintain a set distance.

      If the car in front speeds up, the system will automatically speed up your car to stay within that set distance from that car.

      The system can also detect traffic signs such as speed limits, and automatically bring the speed down to the require level.

      High Beam Assist is most helpful while driving on the highways.

      Cars today are getting an array of blindingly bright LED lights that can be control individually.

      With the help of cameras and sensors, the system can detect exactly where the oncoming car is, and switch off the high beam temporarily.

      High-end cars can switch off the exact LED lights that would blind oncoming traffic. 

      Lane Change Assist is another useful feature.

      If you tap the indicator stalk with the ADAS system engage then it will automatically change the lane in the indicated direction, after it makes sure that the adjacent lane is clear of traffic.

      Challenges for ADAS in India?

      ADAS faces a host of challenges in Indian driving conditions.

      As it needs proper road infrastructure and thus it will not e able to work properly on all roads in India.

      Most local roads have little to no markings for lane keeping.

      It will be limit to expressways and well perform on highways, but as the road infrastructure improves, Indian car buyers will be able to extract the most out of ADAS.

      Effective ADAS depends on a constant stream of real-time data to learn and improve in order to be usable in all conditions.

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      With so few ADAS-equip cars running on Indian roads, there isn’t enough data about road conditions, traffic patterns and people’s driving habits coming in to make the necessary improvements.

      India also has a problem of stray animals wandering onto roads, something which is not that prevalent in more developed countries.

      As the ADAS computers gather more such data over time, it will be able to make better decisions, and increasing its effectiveness.

      ADAS is also bound to bring up legal issues in terms of assigning accountability.

      THANK YOU FOR READING.

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