Ford Adds Safety Features to its Vehicle to Enable Free-Hand Driving

American multinational automobile company Ford has upgraded its highway safety features to ensure safe driving for its drivers.

The new feature will enable drivers to change lanes with ease, maintain lane markings and regulate its speed around curves.

These new safety features will be available on the soon-to-be-released 2023 Ford mustang Mach-E and the 2023 Lincoln corsair SUV, making them the first vehicles to be produced with the new features.

Owners of the brand will be mandated to have the Ford Co-pilot 360 system installed and also a three-year service subscription of $600, which will ensure that the hands-free driving maps are up to date.

The features called Ford BlueCruise 1.2 and Lincoln ActiveGlide 1.2, are part of the upgraded package and will eventually be available in other models.

Chief EV & Digital Systems Officer, Ford Model, Doug Field disclosed that these recent features will ensure that its customers enjoy free-hand driving, and also ensure that drivers are able to change lanes and maneuver turns with ease. 

In his words;

“We are investing in our ADAS team to constantly improve BlueCruise and ActiveGlide for our customers.

“The latest improvements allow customers to command lane changes using just a turn signal, and make hands-free driving feel more human-like by smoothly slowing down for turns, and giving more room to large vehicles in neighboring lanes.

“These improvements are just the beginning of a constant journey toward improving safety and, in the future, giving customers valuable time back.”

Ford engineers also are dedicated to improving its ADAS to deliver more human-like driving performance, in addition to refining visuals, sensing, and steering experiences.

The engineers at the company have also been continually improving maps with over-the-air updates identifying prequalified sections of divided highways where BlueCruise can be used, currently spanning more than 130,000 miles.

Together, these features will play a crucial role in the evolution of autonomous driving.