It is the well-known lane keeping assistant and is in charge of controlling the direction, thereby seeking to keep the vehicle within the same lane.
Do you know what the LKA system is? This is how the lane keeping assistant works, does your car have it? It is the well-known lane keeping assistant and is in charge of controlling the direction, thereby seeking to keep the vehicle within the same lane. In this way we avoid lane departures due to distraction or drowsiness, lane departures that cause a large number of accidents.
“Examine the lane separation lines to monitor the position with respect to the limits of the lane or the road,” says the DGT. “When the vehicle leaves, or is about to leave, the lane and there is a risk, it gently acts on the steering to return it to its position,” concludes Tráfico. It is the DGT itself that explains how it works in a video that it has uploaded to its YouTube account.
Among other systems, this LKA is mandatory in all passenger cars and light commercials that are approved in Europe from July 6, 2022. It is within the ADAS package that seeks to increase road safety with a series of technologies that have a common objective . The system can be deactivated, although it will be put back into operation once you start the car again.
The technology has a camera and an electronic unit that processes the data. The system obtains a signal from the angle and speed of the steering wheel, in addition to a signal from the force applied to the steering. It has a sensor for guidance, pitch and roll, and can act on traction and stability control. With all this, it will be able to detect if the vehicle is going to leave the lane involuntarily and warn the driver or even correct the direction.
