EQS US version auto lane change?
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EQS US version auto lane change?
Anyone knows if the USA ver of EQS come with auto lane change?
once it’s in auto lane keep/adaptive cruise mode, if turning on the turn signal, will EQS response and changes lane accordingly when safe?
once it’s in auto lane keep/adaptive cruise mode, if turning on the turn signal, will EQS response and changes lane accordingly when safe?
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Yes US cars do support this feature, once you hit the blinker it will change lanes.
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Agreed; it's a really great feature. The one thing I can't figure out is when the car decides to turn off the indicator itself after the change vs. when I have to do it manually (I've seen both happen multiple times).
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Try tapping the indicator (the same way you would for a 3-flash instance) instead of physically putting it in the up/down position, that will automatically cancel the signal. I believe the indicator will stay on if physically put up or down despite the lane change already being completed.
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Could someone explain the usefulness of the application? When you want to change lanes you just turn the wheel a couple of inches and it’s done. Why have the car do this for you?
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I use Distance control with cruise control, but I do not use any kind of application that steers or turns the car. I tried it once in my S560, and that was the last time.
I'm surprised I haven't seen more mention here of the rear-wheel steering. After 8 1 / 2 months of driving my 450+, i think it's the new feature I enjoy the most,
I'm surprised I haven't seen more mention here of the rear-wheel steering. After 8 1 / 2 months of driving my 450+, i think it's the new feature I enjoy the most,
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I use Distance control with cruise control, but I do not use any kind of application that steers or turns the car. I tried it once in my S560, and that was the last time.
I'm surprised I haven't seen more mention here of the rear-wheel steering. After 8 1 / 2 months of driving my 450+, i think it's the new feature I enjoy the most,
I'm surprised I haven't seen more mention here of the rear-wheel steering. After 8 1 / 2 months of driving my 450+, i think it's the new feature I enjoy the most,
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Because it's part of the Active Steering Assist. The Active Steering Assist will actively keep the car in the lane, so if you wanted to change lanes you'd be fighting it. Instead you turn on the blinker and it knows you wanna change lanes so it steers the car into the other lane instead of fighting you. That's the point of Active Steering Assist, it partly steers the car for you. The automatic lane change doesn't take place if you disable the Active Steering Assist and steer yourself. The alternative would be for the Active Steering Assist to suspend itself temporarily when you activate the blinker so that you can complete the lane change w/o interference. Both are valid approaches, but having driven both kinds of implementations, the automatic lane change is way cooler and better. It allows for almost handsfree driving on long highway journeys.
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Because it's part of the Active Steering Assist. The Active Steering Assist will actively keep the car in the lane, so if you wanted to change lanes you'd be fighting it. Instead you turn on the blinker and it knows you wanna change lanes so it steers the car into the other lane instead of fighting you. That's the point of Active Steering Assist, it partly steers the car for you. The automatic lane change doesn't take place if you disable the Active Steering Assist and steer yourself. The alternative would be for the Active Steering Assist to suspend itself temporarily when you activate the blinker so that you can complete the lane change w/o interference. Both are valid approaches, but having driven both kinds of implementations, the automatic lane change is way cooler and better. It allows for almost handsfree driving on long highway journeys.
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That's not my experience, but maybe they changed it in the latest system in the EQS. With my 2019 system if it refuses to do the automatic lane change, which for example happens in stop and go traffic, then there's a bit of resistance I have to overcome to change the lane. Fighting is too strong of a word, but it is resisting a little bit until it realizes that I'm actually changing lanes. It doesn't actually stop steering the moment you turn on the blinker. You can turn on the blinker, but not actually change lanes and it continues steering the car in your lane until it detects that you are manually changing lanes.
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That's not my experience, but maybe they changed it in the latest system in the EQS. With my 2019 system if it refuses to do the automatic lane change, which for example happens in stop and go traffic, then there's a bit of resistance I have to overcome to change the lane. Fighting is too strong of a word, but it is resisting a little bit until it realizes that I'm actually changing lanes. It doesn't actually stop steering the moment you turn on the blinker. You can turn on the blinker, but not actually change lanes and it continues steering the car in your lane until it detects that you are manually changing lanes.
