Bronco does not have Lane Centering

[Razorbak86]

Hey now, there are plenty of months without snow on the road in areas outside of Alberta, at least.

This photo is just one of the reasons I laugh at people who think fully autonomous cars are just around the corner. It's really simple to program computers to deal with basic driving, but then you're left with edge cases, and there are a LOT of edge cases when you drive.

CANADA is an edge case. Prove me wrong!

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[Joker]

My Aunt refused to get power windows in her new Dodge Dart nearly 50 years ago because
"it was just one more thing that could break"

Guess I showed my age lol

 

[elnorte]

I am quite surprised that the Full Size Bronco does not have Lane Centering and only has the useless Lane Keeping, unlike the Bronco Sport. It also lacks the Stop & Go feature useful in traffic.

For information, Lane Centering is the equivalent of the basic Tesla Autopilot. Your car will drive itself on the highway, taking turns without issue and stay in the lane and slow down or accelerate as needed. Consumer reports praises the Ford Lane Centering system as one of the best in the industry, behind Tesla. I recently test drove a Bronco sport and I can confirm the Lane Centering with Intelligent adaptive cruise is game changing for long road trips.

Interestingly the more expensive Bronco full size only has basic adaptive cruise with Lane Keeping. Most people including myself find the Lane Keeping system useless and intrusive, all it does is alert you and send corrections in the steering when being too close to a lane. I always deactivate this feature on my rentals.

A lot of people on this forum do not like automated / advanced safety features and that's fine. But for those of us who like it it's disappointing to see that the much more expensive and newer Full Size Bronco doesn't have the most advanced feature of the little Sport.

Pretty sure when the Bronco goes offroad there won't be any lanes. Honestly, as long as the operator of the vehicle is paying attention to operating the vehicle, you don't need lane centering. That goes for any vehicle.

 

[Casual Pork]

Guess I showed my age lol

so what

 

[Darforce]

There are vehicles where you want as much tech as possible so you can get from one place to another with as little effort as possible and then there are vehicle designed for the experience of driving. Bronco is definitely about the experience of driving, so it doesn’t make sense they’d offer features that detract from that

 

[Efthreeoh]

For some reason it 403'd last time I tried posting in this thread.
I know a lot of people like to hate driver assistance systems but not everybody is driving in ideal conditions, fresh as a daisy.

+The collision radar can detect cars driving at night without headlights, or illegally nightshaded taillights.
+It can detect cars at 5:00AM as you come around a corner with the sun directly in your eyes.
+It can detect cars when you hear sirens and are looking around for the flashing lights.
+It can detect when the Silverado in front of you with crappy aftermarket LED taillights and a topper blocking the 3rd brake light is stopping, well before you notice the gap closing quickly.

+Forward cameras constantly monitor both sides of the road for deer and pedestrians
+Blind spot radar can detect the lowered Miata hovering in your blind spot.
+Rear cameras help immensely with backing out of a parking stall.

+Stability/traction control can modulate the brakes on all 4 wheels independently. You just have the one brake pedal.

You can turn most of these systems off if you want, but when you're just commuting to work there's nothing wrong with a sensor that'll warn you if you had a brain fart and almost accelerated into the car ahead of you, thinking the green turn arrow was for everyone.

Even in non-ideal conditions, I still hate driver assistance systems. I can point to numerous scenarios where drivers rely too much on such systems in non-ideal conditions, find the boundaries of the laws of physics and the tech fails them as they cross over the border...

 

[jaeggernaut]

I am quite surprised that the Full Size Bronco does not have Lane Centering and only has the useless Lane Keeping, unlike the Bronco Sport. It also lacks the Stop & Go feature useful in traffic.

For information, Lane Centering is the equivalent of the basic Tesla Autopilot. Your car will drive itself on the highway, taking turns without issue and stay in the lane and slow down or accelerate as needed. Consumer reports praises the Ford Lane Centering system as one of the best in the industry, behind Tesla. I recently test drove a Bronco sport and I can confirm the Lane Centering with Intelligent adaptive cruise is game changing for long road trips.

Interestingly the more expensive Bronco full size only has basic adaptive cruise with Lane Keeping. Most people including myself find the Lane Keeping system useless and intrusive, all it does is alert you and send corrections in the steering when being too close to a lane. I always deactivate this feature on my rentals.

A lot of people on this forum do not like automated / advanced safety features and that's fine. But for those of us who like it it's disappointing to see that the much more expensive and newer Full Size Bronco doesn't have the most advanced feature of the little Sport.

i completely agree.
unlike others on this thread, i'll be on the public roads way more than off-road and i loved lane centering on my wife's past MDX. it changed long highway driving for me forever. when we moved 'up' to an expedition,.. i was sad to see it was not included. i also hate lane keep.
when i noticed the bronco sport had lane centering and stop-and-go cruise, i too was surprised the more expensive full-size bronco didn't have it.

this car has been a bit of a tease in many respects for me:
in dealers in spring .. but not really
1000's of accessories and more options .. in 2022
manual with the sasquatch .. but not until 2022. and never with the v6
two-tone interior .. not in the badlands
adaptive cruise .. no stop-and-go or lane centering
first in line at my dealer .. but i want a black painted roof, so late delivery

regardless,.. can't wait for the bronco to land.

 

[pony2bronco]

Lane-keeping confirmed from new Sync4 video

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[Lilj4425]

Lane-keeping confirmed from new Sync4 video

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Crap. Now I’m gonna have some stupid Nanny yelling at me and probably make me run into a field of cows where one moos at me when I was just trying to get to Chick-Fil-A.

 

[pony2bronco]

Crap. Now I’m gonna have some stupid Nanny yelling at me and probably make me run into a field of cows where one moos at me when I was just trying to get to Chick-Fil-A.

Haha, that's what you get for trying to go on a Sunday. In the video, right before that it shows a screen where you can toggle it to alert only or off.

 

[jaeggernaut]

Lane keep assistance and lane centering are different. Lane keep is useless, imo.

 

[1975U15]

Crap. Now I’m gonna have some stupid Nanny yelling at me and probably make me run into a field of cows where one moos at me when I was just trying to get to Chick-Fil-A.

Haha, that's what you get for trying to go on a Sunday. In the video, right before that it shows a screen where you can toggle it to alert only or off.

You can go to Chik-Fila on Sunday. That puts you first in line on Monday morning

 

[Skeeterjack]

I am quite surprised that the Full Size Bronco does not have Lane Centering and only has the useless Lane Keeping, unlike the Bronco Sport. It also lacks the Stop & Go feature useful in traffic.

For information, Lane Centering is the equivalent of the basic Tesla Autopilot. Your car will drive itself on the highway, taking turns without issue and stay in the lane and slow down or accelerate as needed. Consumer reports praises the Ford Lane Centering system as one of the best in the industry, behind Tesla. I recently test drove a Bronco sport and I can confirm the Lane Centering with Intelligent adaptive cruise is game changing for long road trips.

Interestingly the more expensive Bronco full size only has basic adaptive cruise with Lane Keeping. Most people including myself find the Lane Keeping system useless and intrusive, all it does is alert you and send corrections in the steering when being too close to a lane. I always deactivate this feature on my rentals.

A lot of people on this forum do not like automated / advanced safety features and that's fine. But for those of us who like it it's disappointing to see that the much more expensive and newer Full Size Bronco doesn't have the most advanced feature of the little Sport.

What do you mean by no stop and go feature ? Pretty sure the engine shuts down at a stop unless you use the cancel button.

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