What are the ADAS: maintenance of lane

The maintenance of lane or Lka (Lane Keeping Assist or simply Lane Assist) is an advanced system of help (Adas) mandatory (therefore standard) on all new cars registered in Europe starting from July 2024. It is among the devices that the European legislator has considered indispensable to increase driving safety And as a reflection of the roads of the continent, put on the same plane of systems such as the ABS or ESP which have been mandatory for years, which have saved several lives and which we now take for granted. The maintenance of lane is not the only one of the compulsory adas recently on new registration cars, but among these it is one of the most effective to make the highway and the axes a fast scrolling.

What is and how it works

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The maintenance of lane is a fairly simple Adas. For its operation, in fact, only one component is needed, however shared with other active safety systems such as AEB: the camera which is normally located in the upper part of the windshield, in the area of the internal rear view mirror. This has the task of “reading” the continuous and outlined lines on the asphalt and pass the information to the “brain” of the Lane Assist. So when the driver should change lane – voluntarily or not – without inserting the management indicator, the system promptly warns with one vibration of the steering wheel And only then, in case of non -reaction, commands one correction on steering To bring the car back to the lane. The action of the system is relatively mild, so it can be contrasted by the driver if the maneuver, for example, is performed to avoid an obstacle; But at the same time the automatic steering is effective enough to avoid worse accidents or troubles in the case of an involuntary lane change, perhaps due to an illness.

Hands firmly

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The lane maintenance systems are generally very precise and effective, as long as the glass that protects the electronic eye of the camera is not too dirty. In this case, a notice is shown on the dashboard in which the surface is asked to allow the system to work. The presence of Lane Assist Do not “free” the driver from the obligation to keep his hands firmly on the steering wheel: in this case the system activates almost immediately a series of screen notices and acoustic to recall the driver’s attention. Depending on how the device detects the presence of the hands on the crown, if through a more or less sophisticated mechanism, the warning can also be triggered against those who exercise a light socket or who do not move the command for a few seconds. It can annoy, but better a small modification to your habits than to deactivate a system capable of saving lives.