A Comprehensive Guide to Toyota’s Winter Safety Features
It’s time to become aware of the many winter safety features Toyota offers as winter weather arrives. Winter driving presents many challenges, including ice, snow, and reduced visibility. Below, we give you a comprehensive guide to Toyota’s safety features.
Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection
Toyota’s pre-collision system helps detect any obstacles that may blocked to some extent by falling snow or low visibility. This includes pedestrians and other vehicles. If you fail to react, the system kicks with an automatic emergency brake.
Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
Designed for highway use, this Toyota safety feature helps with winter driving with an adaptive cruise control system. It’s designed to be set at specific speeds above 20 miles per hour. It also automatically maintains a distance between you and other vehicles in front of you as you drive in icy weather.
Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist
During the winter, snow can obstruct or hide lane markings or boundary lines. This particular safety feature detects these lines at speeds exceeding 30 mph. If you fail to respond to lane markings, the Steering Assist feature gently adjusts your steering.
Lane Tracing Assist
Like the safety feature above, the Lane Tracing Assist feature uses dynamic radar cruise control or full-speed range DRCC to detect lane markers. This feature keeps your vehicle centered in your lane. The patented technology uses input from the driver’s steering and other features to determine whether or not a vehicle is centered. If you fail to respond to prompts, the vehicle is safely brought to a halt.
Road Sign Assist
It’s not unusual for drivers to unintentionally miss road signs when driving in the winter. The Road Sign Assist feature uses a specially designed camera to detect signs indicating speed limit, stopping, yielding, and other common roadside signs. An icon of the sign that’s coming up is displayed to help you determine what action to take.
Automatic High Beams
This safety feature is designed for winter driving at night or in bad daytime conditions. The system detects headlights on vehicles in front of or behind you. It then adjusts your vehicle’s lights per what’s happening with other vehicle lights.
Proactive Driving Assist
This safety feature uses gentle curves or braking to adjust your driving when you’re aware of certain conditions. Toyota also offers a 10-year trial that includes an emergency assistance button, roadside assistance, and other appealing features.
Call Us Today
Get ready for winter by visiting Beaver Toyota of Cumming today. Contact us if you have any questions about your Toyota’s safety features.