Chevy helps me dodge a bullet this morning:
As of last Thursday, I am using a Chevrolet Volt as my daily driver. Not to Save the Whales, but because it's cool to wake up each morning with a 'full tank'. Elves come to the house and dump 50 miles of gas in the car each night. And it handles like a little slot car with instant response. Kat is now using Wendy as her DD.
SOOOO... I was driving our 2017 Volt with all the Driver's Safety Trimmings this AM. It has more acroynms than the military does, to define all the wizbang crappola.
I'm on a 4 lane suburban road going 45mph in the left lane and traffic was moderate-heavy. I use the left lane here because there are cars parked on the street that can open their door into the right lane.
I approached an intersection with a green light, and there were about a dozen cars waiting in the left turn bay. As I approach the light, a Honda pulls out of the left turn bay rapidly without signaling right in front of me. I'd guess 6 car lengths perhaps?
The Frontal Collision Avoidance sees it before it registers with me. BEEP BEEP BEEP six bright red lights appear right on my windshield before the Honda is even blocking me. It gives me just enough time to hit the brakes while the Honda cuts right in front of me and goes into the right lane and nearly hits a car in the right lane.
If I would not have braked, or braked late, I would have nailed him pretty hard.
I've went down that road hundreds of times, and never seen anyone do that before. The left turn bay is commuters heading towards the freeway.
What amazed me was how little the Honda had moved before the warning system kicked in.
Nice going Chevy. That worked PERFECT in that situation.
Note: If I did not hit the brakes, it would have. AEB = Automatic Emergency Braking is one of the gadgets I REALLY do not want to test out.
As of last Thursday, I am using a Chevrolet Volt as my daily driver. Not to Save the Whales, but because it's cool to wake up each morning with a 'full tank'. Elves come to the house and dump 50 miles of gas in the car each night. And it handles like a little slot car with instant response. Kat is now using Wendy as her DD.
SOOOO... I was driving our 2017 Volt with all the Driver's Safety Trimmings this AM. It has more acroynms than the military does, to define all the wizbang crappola.
I'm on a 4 lane suburban road going 45mph in the left lane and traffic was moderate-heavy. I use the left lane here because there are cars parked on the street that can open their door into the right lane.
I approached an intersection with a green light, and there were about a dozen cars waiting in the left turn bay. As I approach the light, a Honda pulls out of the left turn bay rapidly without signaling right in front of me. I'd guess 6 car lengths perhaps?
The Frontal Collision Avoidance sees it before it registers with me. BEEP BEEP BEEP six bright red lights appear right on my windshield before the Honda is even blocking me. It gives me just enough time to hit the brakes while the Honda cuts right in front of me and goes into the right lane and nearly hits a car in the right lane.
If I would not have braked, or braked late, I would have nailed him pretty hard.
I've went down that road hundreds of times, and never seen anyone do that before. The left turn bay is commuters heading towards the freeway.
What amazed me was how little the Honda had moved before the warning system kicked in.
Nice going Chevy. That worked PERFECT in that situation.
Note: If I did not hit the brakes, it would have. AEB = Automatic Emergency Braking is one of the gadgets I REALLY do not want to test out.
