I had a thought as I was fighting my way through traffic without all of the fancy aids this afternoon, and I figured I'd ask how Tesla has it set up.
Firmware 6.2 introduced collision avoidance braking, right?
With a normal cruise control, when you press the accelerator while on cruise, the car accelerates to speeds faster than the cruise control setting until you release the accelerator.
What happens when you press the accelerator while TACC is enabled?
If the car does accelerate then, how does the collision avoidance braking interact with that?
Does it override the accelerator (I assume,) and does it react at the same distance as the TACC does, or at a closer distance?
I don't want anyone getting into an accident trying to find out, but the answers could be interesting - especially to the "I need to follow closer than TACC will to avoid getting cut off" crowd.
This might give the option of either riding the accelerator in that heavy traffic and using the collision braking as a defacto adaptive cruise or just using TACC and hitting the accelerator briefly when someone pulls alongside. (Not recommending that, either - just looking for options for folks who feel like they have none.)
Walter
Firmware 6.2 introduced collision avoidance braking, right?
With a normal cruise control, when you press the accelerator while on cruise, the car accelerates to speeds faster than the cruise control setting until you release the accelerator.
What happens when you press the accelerator while TACC is enabled?
If the car does accelerate then, how does the collision avoidance braking interact with that?
Does it override the accelerator (I assume,) and does it react at the same distance as the TACC does, or at a closer distance?
I don't want anyone getting into an accident trying to find out, but the answers could be interesting - especially to the "I need to follow closer than TACC will to avoid getting cut off" crowd.
This might give the option of either riding the accelerator in that heavy traffic and using the collision braking as a defacto adaptive cruise or just using TACC and hitting the accelerator briefly when someone pulls alongside. (Not recommending that, either - just looking for options for folks who feel like they have none.)
Walter
