BlueCruise can't figure out where the lane is in this picture. Guessing it mostly relies on cameras and algorithms to determine where the lane is. I've wondered about this when driving through construction zones with poorly painted road lines and it randomly looses its track. But this turned out to be a good test.
East coast is bracing for a winter storm this weekend and i saw a lot of the salt spray lines on a long drive yesterday. BlueCruise was unusable under these circumstances, it was too confused by the salt lines and would quickly disengage in various ways (resume control, cancelled, keep hands on wheel). Then come right back on and disengage again and rinse and repeat. Lots of beeping and alerts, holding the wheel the whole time regardless. Further to the fact BC wouldn't work, 'lane keep assist' was also struggling a lot, literally driving in the center of this lane (picture my son took over my shoudler) and the lane guidance icon would constantly flash red and wheel would vibrate. Had a long drive so i played with it, paying attention to failure modes and circumstances. 100% repeatable - it was the salt stripes - not affected by sun orientation or shadows or anything else. Worked great when we got to PA and the salt lines stopped for a bit but came back when we encountered more salting, and continued whenever salt lines were visible.
Just sharing, curious if others are learning more about how it works too. Figure its helpful to know and be prepared for what it can and can't handle.
East coast is bracing for a winter storm this weekend and i saw a lot of the salt spray lines on a long drive yesterday. BlueCruise was unusable under these circumstances, it was too confused by the salt lines and would quickly disengage in various ways (resume control, cancelled, keep hands on wheel). Then come right back on and disengage again and rinse and repeat. Lots of beeping and alerts, holding the wheel the whole time regardless. Further to the fact BC wouldn't work, 'lane keep assist' was also struggling a lot, literally driving in the center of this lane (picture my son took over my shoudler) and the lane guidance icon would constantly flash red and wheel would vibrate. Had a long drive so i played with it, paying attention to failure modes and circumstances. 100% repeatable - it was the salt stripes - not affected by sun orientation or shadows or anything else. Worked great when we got to PA and the salt lines stopped for a bit but came back when we encountered more salting, and continued whenever salt lines were visible.
Just sharing, curious if others are learning more about how it works too. Figure its helpful to know and be prepared for what it can and can't handle.
