I used to find that in self-drive on local A roads (just for short playtime when quiet) it wouldn't slow for bends if set above 40mph. Classically on my local twisty roads it'd barrel up to a tight corner at national speed limit 60mph , bleep as it got to the apex and leave me to sort it. A game I'd only play if feeling really alert and fast reflexed with no other traffic about.
Today I tried it at 50, 55, and 60mph on some not too daunting bends and each time the car braked and slowed well before the bend started - indeed it took them way slower than necessary. On combination bends it trawled through a very windy section at 22mph and suprisingly even crossed the white line at the apex to shallow the curve - which wouldn't be so good with oncoming traffic on a blind bend if the other guy is a yahoo in a 3-series.
On one really tight corner 270degrees as tight as a small roundabout it correctly slowed down from 60mph on approach - earlier than i would have done driving conservatively - and made it round but bleeped as it completed the bend because there was an opposite hander ahead. It displayed 'self drive limited' but didn't drop out.
It's a marked improvement from the safety point of view but would pi$$ off any following driver with sharper than necessary braking well before the corner and too slow round them.
Today I tried it at 50, 55, and 60mph on some not too daunting bends and each time the car braked and slowed well before the bend started - indeed it took them way slower than necessary. On combination bends it trawled through a very windy section at 22mph and suprisingly even crossed the white line at the apex to shallow the curve - which wouldn't be so good with oncoming traffic on a blind bend if the other guy is a yahoo in a 3-series.
On one really tight corner 270degrees as tight as a small roundabout it correctly slowed down from 60mph on approach - earlier than i would have done driving conservatively - and made it round but bleeped as it completed the bend because there was an opposite hander ahead. It displayed 'self drive limited' but didn't drop out.
It's a marked improvement from the safety point of view but would pi$$ off any following driver with sharper than necessary braking well before the corner and too slow round them.
