MG ZS EV - Rain + Motorway = Terrifying Drive

[Deleted member 10911]

Well, I must say, in all the years of driving, with all the different safety features of different cars I have driven, I have never been terrified until today.

Driving on the motorway, in rain, no ACC active, apart from the LKA, which is wild at the best of times, travelling at 100km/h, no vehicles for quite some distance in front, the pedestrian brakes activate to bring the car to a stop and holy jumping s*** balls it causes all sorts of mayhem behind me.

I think I need a drink. And I don’t drink.

Talk about being kept on your toes.

edited to clarify distance to vehicle in front

 

[Susanna]

That sounds terrifying, but why only a 30 metre gap at that speed? I haven’t (as yet) used ACC, but I think it’s designed for situations where you might be forced to drive more closely in heavy traffic.

 

[Deleted member 10911]

That sounds terrifying, but why only a 30 metre gap at that speed? I haven’t (as yet) used ACC, but I think it’s designed for situations where you might be forced to drive more closely in heavy traffic.

Sorry, I should have been clearer, the next vehicle was quite some way away from me. So much so I would need to speed up to keep pace. I used 30 metres as a general guide, but it was a poor choice and have edited accordingly.

 

[GVEMs]

I've had a somewhat related incident three times, it was raining on the highway and after about 15~30 minutes of driving the car would tell me that ACC and the front camera were not available (it was the anomaly ring, not the obstacle beeps). It takes a car reboot to make it work again, I checked and both sensors were clean when I stopped.

I think I disabled auto breaking after my two low speed phantom braking occurence so maybe that's why my experience is different.