How Does Subaru's Hands-free Driving Assist Work?

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The Subaru Outback is boxy, big, and whitethorn not beryllium nan best-looking point connected nan road, but it has gotten smarter, acknowledgment to nan upgraded EyeSight Advanced Driver Assistance System, which nan institution claims now allows you to thrust "hands-free" connected immoderate highways. Of course, depending connected wherever you live, you mightiness not beryllium allowed to virtually return your hands disconnected nan wheels.

Subaru is aiming to make road driving hassle-free pinch nan preamble of its Hands-Free Driving Assist, which is simply a portion of nan brand's EyeSight system. The Japanese automaker precocious announced that nan 2026 Subaru Outback will characteristic nan 5th procreation of its EyeSight ADAS technology, which includes Hands-Free Driving Assist tin of controlling nan car astatine speeds of up to 85 mph. This is simply a level 2 autonomous driving strategy that tin slow down, navigate curves, and alteration lanes astatine this speed. 

So, really did Subaru propulsion this off? The institution says that nan Gen 5 EyeSight strategy has 3 caller beforehand cameras arsenic good arsenic caller radar sensors to alteration level 2 autonomous driving. Two of nan 3 cameras are placed adjacent nan rearview mirror, and nan strategy is besides equipped pinch a caller wide-angle mono camera which tin observe cyclists and pedestrians. Subaru intends to trim driver fatigue connected agelong road driving sessions pinch nan latest EyeSight technology, which nan institution claims has been installed successful complete a cardinal vehicles since its preamble complete a decade ago.

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Subaru's EyeSight driver-assistance strategy was already considered 1 of nan champion successful its erstwhile iteration, performing powerfully successful an AAA study. Gen 5 of EyeSight, which we called "top of its class" successful our reappraisal of nan 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid, has a full big of features, which see adaptive cruise power pinch lane centering, lane departure warning, and automatic emergency steering.

The system's cameras besides scan nan roadworthy for imaginable hazards and tin use nan brakes aliases limit motor output done its pre-collision braking and pre-collision throttle guidance features. The system, Subaru claims, tin besides alteration lanes efficiently and safely, and moreover cheque unsighted spots to guarantee that location isn't a speeding conveyance successful nan different lane. Adding to its smart tag is nan automatic emergency extremity assistance, which will move nan car to nan emergency stopping lane if it detects that nan driver is unresponsive. It tin moreover telephone emergency services.

EyeSight Gen 5 besides warns nan driver of obstacles that look connected nan broadside of nan roadworthy that whitethorn not beryllium visible to nan driver, and has sonar sensors to observe objects correct down nan vehicle. Subaru hopped connected nan bandwagon of steering instrumentality haptic feedback, too, truthful drivers tin now get alerts delivered consecutive to their hands. Overall, nan caller EyeSight seems to beryllium a measurement guardant successful information and convenience.