Incazelo ye-adaptive cruise control

Skoda adaptive cruise control.

Ngokombono, amasistimu okulawula ukuvakasha okuvamile awanasici. Zitholele umgwaqo omude, thatha ijubane olikhethile, futhi ngesiteringi esincane esiyigugu emigwaqweni emikhulu yase-Australia eqondile, ungahlala nje uphumule.

Impilo yangempela ngeshwa inzima kakhulu, kanti uma uke waphenduka i-cruise control ibe ngu-110 km/h, bese ushayisa umhlambi wezimoto ezihamba kancane noma ezimile, uzokwazi uvalo olubi oluza.

Ngokufanayo, uma imoto engakwesokunxele sakho izama ukushintsha imizila ngesitayela se-Frogger nakuba ihamba ngo-30 km/h ihamba kancane kunawe, i-cruise control system ekuvalela ejubaneni elithile iyashintsha isuka kokunethezekile iye kweshesha ngokushesha.

I-Adaptive Cruise Control, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Active Cruise Control, isiza ekwehliseni lezi zingozi ngokuzijwayeza ngokuzenzakalelayo ukushintsha izimo zokushayela, ukwehlisa ijubane noma ukusheshisa njengoba kudingeka.

Emuva ngo-1992 (ngawo lowo nyaka lapho imali yase-Australia eyisenti elilodwa nambili zayekiswa khona umhlalaphansi), iMitsubishi yayisiqedela ubuchwepheshe be-laser bokuqala emhlabeni, eyawubiza ngokuthi uhlelo lwayo lokuxwayisa ngebanga.

Amasistimu amaningi manje asekelwe ku-radar futhi alinganisela ngokuqhubekayo umgwaqo ngaphambi kwezinye izimoto.

Nakuba yayingakwazi ukulawula ukunyakazisa, amabhuleki, noma isiteringi, lesi simiso sasikwazi ukubona izimoto ezingaphambili futhi sixwayise umshayeli lapho esezoqala ukubhuleka. Okubalulekile, kunjalo, kodwa bekuyisinyathelo sokuqala esibheke ezinhlelweni zokulawula uhambo lomkhumbi ezisetshenziswa namuhla.

Ngo-1995, abakwaMitsubishi base besungule uhlelo lokuthi bahambe kancane uma bezwa imoto engaphambili, hhayi ngokushaya amabhuleki, kodwa ngokunciphisa i-throttle kanye ne-downshifting. Kodwa yiMercedes eyenza impumelelo enkulu elandelayo ngo-1999 ngenkathi yethula i-radar-based Distronic cruise control. I-German system ayikwazanga nje ukulungisa i-throttle ukuze igcine ibanga eliphephile nemoto engaphambili, kodwa futhi ingabamba amabhuleki uma kudingeka.

Uhlelo lwe-Distronic lwalungelokuqala embonini yezimoto futhi lwakhangiswa esitolo sakwaMercedes esivamile ngobuchwepheshe baso bakamuva: i-S-Class eyayiyintsha ngaleso sikhathi (kanye cishe ne-$200k). Uhlelo lwaluthuthuke kakhulu kangangokuthi ngisho nakumodeli walo obiza kakhulu, i-Distronic yayiyinketho yezindleko ezengeziwe.

Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, lobu buchwepheshe bebukhethekile kumamodeli aphambili, okuhlanganisa i-Active Cruise Control yakwaBMW, engezwe kuma-7 Series ngo-2000, kanye ne-Audi's Adaptive Cruise Control, eyethulwa ku-A8 ngo-2002.

Kodwa lapho amabhrendi okunethezeka aya khona, wonke umuntu uyalandela ngokushesha, futhi izimoto ezine-adaptive cruise control zitholakala cishe kubo bonke abakhiqizi base-Australia. Futhi ubuchwepheshe bufinyeleleke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Isibonelo, i-adaptive cruise control system yakwaVolkswagen isetshenziswa ezimotweni eziningi, futhi ubuchwepheshe sebujwayelekile ezingeni lokungena le-Skoda Octavia, buqala ku-$22,990 (MSRP).

Ngakho sisebenza kanjani lesi simangaliso sobuchwepheshe besimanje? Amasistimu amaningi manje asekelwe ku-radar futhi alinganisela ngokuqhubekayo umgwaqo ngaphambi kwezinye izimoto. Umshayeli (okungukuthi, wena) ube esethatha isivinini esifunayo kuphela, kodwa nebanga ofuna ukulishiya phakathi kwakho nemoto engaphambili, evame ukukalwa ngemizuzwana.

Uhlelo luzobe selugcina lelo gebe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi imoto engaphambili iyehlisa ijubane, ibhajwe esiminyaminyeni, noma, ezinhlelweni ezingcono, ima kanye kanye. Uma ithrafikhi engaphambili ishesha, nawe uyashesha, ufinyelele isivinini esikhulu esisethwe ngaphambilini. Futhi uma imoto izithola isisemzileni wakho ngokuzumayo, izozibhuleka ngokuzenzekelayo, igcine igebe elifanayo phakathi kwemoto entsha engaphambili.

Isivinini lapho uhlelo lusebenza khona, kanye nokuthi yiziphi izimo oluzosabela kuzo, kuncike kumkhiqizi, ngakho-ke funda imanuwali yomsebenzisi ngokucophelela ngaphambi kokuyethemba ngokuphelele.

Iwubuchwepheshe obuhlaba umxhwele, kodwa abunazingqinamba zayo, okukhulu wukuthi uma unganakile ungabambeka ngemuva kwemoto ehamba kancane ibanga elingapheli njengoba i-system iyazishintsha ijubane layo ukuze igcine ibanga. ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni uqashelwe futhi udliwe.

Kodwa lokho cishe inani elincane lokukhokhela uhlelo olungakugcina uphume kokungalindelekile.