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as we're talking about ACC , those of you who have this know that you can set 4 levels of distance from teh car in front. On my car it defaults to 3.
I've thought about this and on a dry road at say 60-70mph, I feel 4 bars is the closest I want to be to the car in front.
If the car in front were to suddenly 'slam' on their brakes, could you stop your car in time. I think yes but Its pretty close.
Anyone else had thoughts on this?
Always thought eh rule of thumb was (at least for a dry road) , "only a fool breaks teh 2 second rule. namely allow 2 seconds between your car and the one in front. ACC set to 4 bars seems to be just about that, 3 seems a bit close.
Asusming acc has the car in front 'radar locked' so to speak, if it did stop suddenly, I assume emergency break assist would kick in, not sure if it would be enough though. I think the 2014 models are improved in this respect.
It can be quite frightening when a car in front stops suddenly, the distance between you and it decreases very rapidly indeed.
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