You like driving? Well, you no longer take your hand out the window as proposed in your ads BMW “connects the autopilot”. The new Accord incorporates a new cruise control and a whole technological arsenal that will surprise you.

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	Honda Accord

Carnet points, radar every few kilometers … the roads have become a real private hunting ground for the lords of the "roses books". How many kilometers you drive more aware of the porticos surmounting the motorways of the cars around you? Have we have removed the “love of the wheel” with many “flashazos” and threats of fines?

To avoid this stress, we suggest a turn in the new Accord, but not one either. Must incorporate the so-called ACC, an optional element that can only ride -pangando 2,000 euros more- versions of more powerful gasoline (the 190 hp 2.4) and highest finish (the Executive).
The ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control acronym) It is not a use cruise control: You know, programs how fast you want to go and forget about speed. It is an authentic “autopilot”. Using the buttons you carry embedded on the left side of the steering wheel (check pictured along these lines), you can set speed and distance. Will be the parameters that guide the system. Then, using radar located behind the emblem of Honda, the distance separating us from the preceding car it is measured. Our Accord is able to maintain the speed and meters that you have set. We will have to accelerate or to brake.
If the vehicle slows to which we continue to speed, our car also decelerate. Even we noticed how gently slows. Our unit mounted automatic transmission and also reduces the marches. Pure silk. If by any chance want “free roll”, we just need to speed up or slow. In addition, if we decide to change lanes, we do not have to reprogram the ACC. The radar only starts running when the car is completely straight.

In the picture you can see that there is also a system that keeps the car between the lines. It is the LKAS: also we’ll talk about it in this test, but keep in mind that is not yet available in our country.
Before proceeding, we must remember that the ACC is listed as an instrument of comfort and no security. Although programes, you should never let your guard down. The driver always has the final decision in your hands. So, before an impending collision, a light will illuminate on the dashboard. It’s kind of S.O.S for the motorist to react. If the driver does not brake the vehicle, the system can even act on the ABS brake system and even perform an emergency stop.

Cruise controls, speed controllers … Every time we talk about all these devices, those skilled in the art cite “Vel
Satis crazy“. Have you heard the story? One must go back to 2004: a French driver was surprised more than 200 km / h on the highway and, far from stopping, he phoned police to explain that he could not stop his Vel Satis: control cruise he had jammed and prevented him from braking. The police cleared half the province and, ultimately, the crazed car just stopped. The news spread like wildfire, but Renault was not all him. So he asked a court expert who concluded that the car had no fault: it was the driver who did not know to handle it.

These systems are presented only as an aid. Brands always delegate the final decision to the driver, since -if the car fallase- responsibility would be tremendous.
So far, these active cruise controls were reserved for the most prestigious cars such as Audi, BMW, Lexus or Mercedes. Accord between the rivals, almost all models include different cruise control systems, but few have an active operation like our protagonist. Volkswagen dares with a similar device in the Passat, it is renamed and ADR price varies depending on the engine and the level of finish. At present, VW car investigates how to operate without drivers: these studies are very common in the arms industry. If you want to know more about it, do not miss these stories:
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speed: typology and discussion

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car driving alone

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Big Brother in our car?

In some countries, Honda has gone further and offers the LKAS, a system which, through a camera on the interior mirror, is able to keep the car between the lines of asphalt. To do this, even “fed back” automatically the steering wheel. In Spain, for now, it is not offered even as an option.
Now, it’s time to turn off the ACC and focus on how the car behaves under our dictations.

Watch video

	Honda Accord

Carnet points, radar every few kilometers … the roads have become a real private hunting ground for the lords of the "roses books". How many kilometers you drive more aware of the porticos surmounting the motorways of the cars around you? Have we have removed the “love of the wheel” with many “flashazos” and threats of fines?

To avoid this stress, we suggest a turn in the new Accord, but not one either. Must incorporate the so-called ACC, an optional element that can only ride -pangando 2,000 euros more- versions of more powerful gasoline (the 190 hp 2.4) and highest finish (the Executive).
The ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control acronym) It is not a use cruise control: You know, programs how fast you want to go and forget about speed. It is an authentic “autopilot”. Using the buttons you carry embedded on the left side of the steering wheel (check pictured along these lines), you can set speed and distance. Will be the parameters that guide the system. Then, using radar located behind the emblem of Honda, the distance separating us from the preceding car it is measured. Our Accord is able to maintain the speed and meters that you have set. We will have to accelerate or to brake.
If the vehicle slows to which we continue to speed, our car also decelerate. Even we noticed how gently slows. Our unit mounted automatic transmission and also reduces the marches. Pure silk. If by any chance want “free roll”, we just need to speed up or slow. In addition, if we decide to change lanes, we do not have to reprogram the ACC. The radar only starts running when the car is completely straight.

In the picture you can see that there is also a system that keeps the car between the lines. It is the LKAS: also we’ll talk about it in this test, but keep in mind that is not yet available in our country.
Before proceeding, we must remember that the ACC is listed as an instrument of comfort and no security. Although programes, you should never let your guard down. The driver always has the final decision in your hands. So, before an impending collision, a light will illuminate on the dashboard. It’s kind of S.O.S for the motorist to react. If the driver does not brake the vehicle, the system can even act on the ABS brake system and even perform an emergency stop.

Cruise controls, speed controllers … Every time we talk about all these devices, those skilled in the art cite “Vel
Satis crazy“. Have you heard the story? One must go back to 2004: a French driver was surprised more than 200 km / h on the highway and, far from stopping, he phoned police to explain that he could not stop his Vel Satis: control cruise he had jammed and prevented him from braking. The police cleared half the province and, ultimately, the crazed car just stopped. The news spread like wildfire, but Renault was not all him. So he asked a court expert who concluded that the car had no fault: it was the driver who did not know to handle it.

These systems are presented only as an aid. Brands always delegate the final decision to the driver, since -if the car fallase- responsibility would be tremendous.
So far, these active cruise controls were reserved for the most prestigious cars such as Audi, BMW, Lexus or Mercedes. Accord between the rivals, almost all models include different cruise control systems, but few have an active operation like our protagonist. Volkswagen dares with a similar device in the Passat, it is renamed and ADR price varies depending on the engine and the level of finish. At present, VW car investigates how to operate without drivers: these studies are very common in the arms industry. If you want to know more about it, do not miss these stories:
controls
speed: typology and discussion

The
cars that save lives

He
car driving alone

Darpa
Challenge, race car-robot
He
Big Brother in our car?

In some countries, Honda has gone further and offers the LKAS, a system which, through a camera on the interior mirror, is able to keep the car between the lines of asphalt. To do this, even “fed back” automatically the steering wheel. In Spain, for now, it is not offered even as an option.
Now, it’s time to turn off the ACC and focus on how the car behaves under our dictations.