What were they thinking? In bumper to bumper traffic it doesn't work! Or slow moving traffic. One BMW owner points out the limitations with some systems, writing, “It actually turns off if my speed drops below 30 mph. It has saved me and my wife from numerous accidents, and we would never buy another car without it!” Explaining how it helped them, a Subaru owner said, “It saved me from sideswiping a car that had just changed lanes before I was changing lanes to pass a car on the interstate during my initial test drive.” Most satisfying systems, according to CR members: Genesis, Jeep, LexusĪ Genesis owner from New York sang praises for BSW, writing, “This is the single most valuable technology ever invented. The survey covered about 72,000 vehicles. Respondents answered questions about their satisfaction with the systems and told us which ones helped them avoid a crash. In a most recent survey, we asked CR members to rate their experiences with the advanced safety and driver-assist systems on their model-year 2015-2019 cars. The system may provide an additional warning if the turn signal is activated when it is unsafe to merge or change lanes.īlind Spot Warning With Automatic Emergency Steering (BSW w/AES): The system automatically steers and/or brakes when the turn signal is activated during a lane change maneuver and a vehicle is occupying the blind spot in an adjacent lane. When drivers activate the turn signal, some BSW systems give an audible and/or tactile (shaking steering wheel, for example) alert to indicate that it’s unsafe to merge or change lanes.īlind Spot Warning (BSW): Drivers get an audible and/or visual alert that there’s a vehicle in their blind spot. If a vehicle is detected there, drivers get a visual warning, often in the outboard mirrors, or on the front pillars.
Blind spot warning (BSW) systems use cameras, radar, and/or ultrasonic sensors alongside your vehicle to detect vehicles you can’t see that are next to or behind your car.
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