Relaxed cruising with active cruise control, without
having to manually adapt to the driving speed of the
vehicle in front – already available in cars now for many
years, but not the standard in motorcycles to date.
However, with the Active Cruise Control (ACC), BMW
Motorrad will soon offer this type of rider assistance
system, thus providing motorcyclists with a completely
new, comfortable riding experience.
The new BMW Motorrad Active Cruise Control (ACC).
Cruise control with distance control for maximum
comfort and best possible safety when riding a
motorcycle.
ACC is a novel rider assistance system that was
developed in cooperation with the partner, Bosch. The
many years of experience with passenger car driver
assistance systems of both companies could be applied
selectively here and used for motorcycle applications.
The new ACC provides maximum comfort for the
demanding touring motorcyclist by automatically
regulating the speed set by the rider and the distance to
the vehicle driving in front. The system automatically
regulates the vehicle speed when the distance to the
vehicle in front is reduced and keeps the distance
defined by the rider. This distance can be varied in three
stages. Both the riding speed as well as the distance
to the vehicle in front can be set conveniently using a
button. The individual settings are displayed on the TFT
instrument cluster. The new BMW Motorrad ACC has
two selectable control characteristics: comfortable or
dynamic, in which the acceleration and deceleration
behaviour is changed accordingly. The distance control
can also be deactivated in order to be able to use the
Dynamic Cruise Control (DCC).
When cornering, the speed is automatically reduced
by the ACC if required and a comfortable lean angle
is aimed at. With an increasing lean angle, however,
the braking and acceleration dynamics are limited in
order to maintain a stable rideability and not to unsettle
the rider by abrupt braking or acceleration. The BMW
Motorrad ACC is a rider assistance system that leaves
the responsibility with the rider and allows him to
intervene at all times. That is also because the new ACC
only responds to moving vehicles. Stationary vehicles
– like at the end of a traffic jam or at traffic lights – are
are not considered. In such cases, the rider has to do the
braking.
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