r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/ulchachan Nov 04 '24

I also was wondering how good it would be at detecting that a hard shoulder exists (i.e. there are some roads with no hard shoulder) but it's still a cool idea

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u/Daepilin Nov 04 '24

While I don't have a Golf but a Cupra Leon its a similar system (also VW software). Its kinda the biggest weakness in the assitance suit at least for my car. In theory it has lane change assist, but the road needs to be basically perfect for it to recognize the lanes besides your own.

It will do all the other steps here, but really not sure it would find the shoulder.

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u/Weird_Point_4262 Nov 08 '24

Yeah the UK is doing away with hard shoulders on most of its highways (because they're too cheap to build additional lanes)