New VW up! with city emergency brake function
An important contribution to security is in the new VW up! the city emergency stop function. It will automatically active at speeds of 5 to 30 km/h, scans an area 10 meters front of the car by laser sensor which is integrated at the top of the windshield, and captures the risk of an impending collision. This collision with the object moving in the direction or the faces without having a driver’s reaction occurs, the braking system is activated and brought in a second phase, the hydraulic brake assist. Depending on the situation the city emergency braking function introduces then an automatic emergency stop as a third stage to a halt – or supports the driver with the full braking force but, if the brakes not strong. At highest risk of collision, he will be up! delayed with 10 m / s2. Depending on the pace and the current situation, the emergency stop function via automatic brake application can reduce the severity and impact may even avoid.
It is clear that the responsibility for events in the driver or the driver remains. The driver can disable at any time the appealing city emergency brake function due to acceleration, steering and pressing of Kupplungspedals, if that situation need. In addition the city emergency stop function can be generally with a button at the bottom of the console switch off – such as the towing. In this case, an icon with the “Off” for five seconds extra hint points in the instruments on disabling; also the note shows a always again as soon as the relevant range of 5 to 30 km/h is reached. If the city emergency brake function is broken, the icon blinks slowly and continuously. Was however raised the city emergency stop function, the icon flashes to shortly a fast interval. The VW up! is the only car in the compact car segment, which can be equipped with a city emergency stop function. The city emergency stop function can be up for the move! and the high up! be ordered in the package “Advanced driver assistance systems” for 590 euros. Here are the speed control system, the multifunction display, and the Park pilot in the rear section on board. (Auto-Reporter.NET/PHA)
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