Driver display detecting other cars

[MarkSponge]

Sorry if this is a silly question but I've searched and can't find an answer.

What do I need to do to enable the grey cars/bikes showing on the left of the drivers display?

I've tried a number of combinations of ACC, TJA and LKA but it never shows anything. I thought it might be because I have an SR but I've seen it in photos of other SRs. An example of the "grey cars" below.

It's going in to the dealer on Wednesday for the oil leak so need to know if I should add this to the list.

 

[Rolfe]

I believe this feature uses the windscreen mounted camera. I would check that this is aimed correctly on your car, if it's blocked on not pointing at the road then that could be a reason why the cars are not appearing on the screen.

I still think people need to check that ACC (or TJA) is switched on in the infotainment screen. Unless that's done, nothing will show. I suspect the person who said it used to work and now it doesn't, has switched off the ACC on the central screen. It's the simple explanation.

 

[mg4mc]

I always switch off ACC, LKA, FCA and my screen shows other cars, trucks, bikes, and pedestrians.

 

[Rolfe]

Mine didn't, at all, and I was confused about where these images were coming from on screenshots of other cars that I was seeing. I asked in the forum and someone told me to select ACC on the infotainment screen. They magically appeared.

You don't have to be using the ACC for them to show, it just has to be selected.

I don't see pedestrians, mind you. Just cars, trucks and bikes.

 

[siteguru]

Mine detects pedestrians.

 

[Rolfe]

Odd that I've never seen mine doing that. Maybe I've just not noticed.

 

[Martinonline]

Pedestrians appear as bikes.

 

[Rolfe]

Yes that's what I've experienced. I thought @mg4mc and @siteguru were talking about a different icon specifically for pedestrians.

 

[siteguru]

In my car pedestrians appear as - well - pedestrians.

 

[Rolfe]

I've never seen that. I don't suppose it's possible to get a photo though, considering that you'd be driving and the appearance is probably fleeting.

 

[Martinonline]

My bicycle icon appears as my wife crosses the road in front of the car to get into the car (in autohold).

 

[Rolfe]

Do you ever see a pedestrian icon though? I'm just intrigued that I've never noticed one, while @siteguru, with an identical car, has.

 

[siteguru]

I can even remember a situation where the car braked (whilst ACC was engaged) due to detecting pedestrians ... I was approaching a right-hand bend in the road, the car saw pedestrians on the pavement (without realising the road bent right) and so applied the brakes as a precaution. The symbol on the driver display was of a pedestrian.

 

[Martinonline]

In my Trophy I cannot remember seeing a pedestrian icon but I will now be alert to it.

 

[Rolfe]

When my car braked suddenly due to a pedestrian appaently being about to walk out into the road, I have genuinely no idea at all what was showing on the screen.

Oh, wait, that might have happened before I was told to select ACC in order to see the icons, in which case nothing would have been showing anyway.

I wonder if it's some sort of variation due to sensor adjustment?

 

[Martinonline]

After study my Trophy does not display a pedestrian image when one is detected. It shows them as a person on a (motor) cycle. So, perhaps, the designers combined the two images - person and cycle.

 

[siteguru]

Mine seems to have separate icons for pedestrians and 2-wheeled vehicles. ?‍

 

[Kithmo]

My bicycle icon appears as my wife crosses the road in front of the car to get into the car (in autohold).

I think there's a joke in there somewhere but I don't want to offend anyone.

 

[Rolfe]

Mine seems to have separate icons for pedestrians and 2-wheeled vehicles. ?‍

Never seen a pedestrian icon. And our cars are practically identical.

 

[Tight Git]

Never seen a pedestrian icon. And our cars are practically identical.

My early SE SR definitely shows different icons for pedestrians and motorcycles, different also for cars, vans and large HGVs.

 

[Martinonline]

Not a joke but un-woke. (Can't understand emojis so just say I understand your intentions.)