No Mid Package or above with CoPilot 360 - Does the Bronco feel safe?

[zombie]

Wait what!? What exactly do these things do? I assumed it let you drive with high beams and would automatically turn them off temporarily for oncoming traffic. No?

No, it literally turns your high-beams on when you've got them set to low unless it detects a vehicle in front of you.

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[67BroncoG1]

Hello All,

For those without CoPilot 360, does the Bronco feel safe while driving? Or do you feel safe while driving it? Maybe I’m to used to all the new safety tech in modern Vehicles.

How old are you? I grew up when cars still had carburetors and manual transmissions. My 20 something year old sons all had to learn on an old suburban without parking sensors or backup cameras. It made them better drivers. Relying on electronics to make you feel safe isn't really "safe".

 

[kevin.gt]

No, it literally turns your high-beams on when you've got them set to low unless it detects a vehicle in front of you.

Ugh that stinks. i just want them auto dimming, not completely automated high beam control. If I’m manually using the high beams, will it still auto dim, or only when in autonomous high beam mode?

 

[mlcinema]

How old are you? I grew up when cars still had carburetors and manual transmissions. My 20 something year old sons all had to learn on an old suburban without parking sensors or backup cameras. It made them better drivers. Relying on electronics to make you feel safe isn't really "safe".

My first car was a 1990 Mustang. I know how to drive. That’s not the point though. When you are used to something, your used to it. My last 3 cars have had all the new safety tech. Some are nice. Some are not. Just asking how the Bronco owners felt without it. Well, at least BD and below without CoPilot360.

 

[zombie]

Ugh that stinks. i just want them auto dimming, not completely automated high beam control. If I’m manually using the high beams, will it still auto dim, or only when in autonomous high beam mode?

Unfortunately I can't answer that because it was so annoying when I was driving to work in town that I turned it off before I had to chance to get out on the highway or a back road to see how it worked there.
The way it works it completely backwards to how most people would want them to work, IMO.

 

[VictoryLights]

One of the first things I disabled, personally... It's so dumb. It would be nice if it auto-dimmed the high beams when they were on.
Nothing like driving in town giving the (very bright) high beam to every pedestrian you meet.

I can see this feature being useless in the city, but living outside of the city on rural roads it’s amazing. I won’t buy another vehicle without it.

A lot of the roads out by me have no lighting and just enough traffic to make turning tour high beams on/off annoying.

 

[Gotdesl]

I actually really like the auto high beams in the Bronco. While the Bronco defaults to auto headlights, it's easily overridden by the stalk and then it stays off until you turn it back on or restart the vehicle. That said, I am not in a very busy city so it might not seem so great in a different situation. It seems very sensitive to light and sometimes dims based off of a reflection but I've never had it turn the brights on when inappropriate. I would rather it mistakenly dim inappropriately than blind oncoming traffic and it seems to do that well. As far as dimming for pedestrians, I would think you would have to do that anyway since there isn't any light to detect.

 

[zombie]

I actually really like the auto high beams in the Bronco. While the Bronco defaults to auto headlights, it's easily overridden by the stalk and then it stays off until you turn it back on or restart the vehicle. That said, I am not in a very busy city so it might not seem so great in a different situation. It seems very sensitive to light and sometimes dims based off of a reflection but I've never had it turn the brights on when inappropriate. I would rather it mistakenly dim inappropriately than blind oncoming traffic and it seems to do that well. As far as dimming for pedestrians, I would think you would have to do that anyway since there isn't any light to detect.

Yes I get that, but it would make much more sense to call it "auto dimming" headlights and have it dim automatically when the high beams are selected than to have it turn the high beams on when you've got the stalk in low beam.

I don't know what you experienced, but I couldn't override the auto high-beams with the stalk on my BL.

 

[FlyingBronco]

I honestly think all the tech these days takes away from the overall driving experience… but I do love that 12” screen!

 

[jrstorm1007]

I have the Mid package and never had tech like lane keeping, BLIS or auto high beams before....nor never really needed them either, but they are very nice to have and just adds that extra safety that's welcome.

 

[rhymeswithbronco]

The illusion of safety depends on what you find threatening I guess. I found the nannies on my wife's loaded Kia Sorento tiresome and distracting more than anything. I was constantly scanning to dash trying to figure out if the settings were correct, what widget was flashing or dinging at me, and so on. About the only semi-useful thing was the blind spot monitoring because the thing had such wide roof pillars and no blind spot mirrors. The auto dim headlights worked well but seriously wasn't necessary tech. We unloaded it about a year ago and haven't looked back since. In my '66 F100 there are zero distractions because the AM radio doesn't work, and I have a clear view 360 degrees around me by simply turning my head. It's a beautiful, almost zen experience compared to today's techno-appliances.

 

[Gotdesl]

Yes I get that, but it would make much more sense to call it "auto dimming" headlights and have it dim automatically when the high beams are selected than to have it turn the high beams on when you've got the stalk in low beam.

I don't know what you experienced, but I couldn't override the auto high-beams with the stalk on my BL.

Mine definitely can be turned off from the use of the stalk. I completely understand your frustration from your experience. There was another thread earlier dealing with the auto headlights with other owners also able to disable the auto function from the stalk. Might be something to have the dealer check out for you.

 

[BOLD Renegade93]

Yes I get that, but it would make much more sense to call it "auto dimming" headlights and have it dim automatically when the high beams are selected than to have it turn the high beams on when you've got the stalk in low beam.

I don't know what you experienced, but I couldn't override the auto high-beams with the stalk on my BL.

You can disable the auto high-beams in the settings page on your infotainment screen. Did that soon after finding out that they auto turn on normally!

 

[zombie]

You can disable the auto high-beams in the settings page on your screen. Did that soon after finding out that they auto turn on normally!

Well yes I know you can turn it off, I did that immediately upon finding out how annoying it was. You made it sound like there was a temporary way to disable it using the headlight stalk.

 

[Happy]

OP, some like the features others do not.
Same as with marine grade vinyl seat, 35 inch tires, skid plates , G.O.A.T. modes, auto transmission/7 speed transmission, ........................ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Heck, some even don't like that it is Ford.

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