Assisted driving notes AAABC

The ID Buzz comes averagely well provided with driver assistance technology. Adaptive cruise control with speed limit detection, basic lane keeping assistance, AEB crash mitigation and semi-automated parking systems are included on lower- and upper-grade cars. Adding surround-view parking cameras, Travel Assist traffic jam cruise control and Side Assist automated lane changing means paying £1425 for VW’S Assistance Package Plus (which our test car didn’t have).

The adaptive cruise control has a habit of slowing the car for vehicles in adjacent lanes on the motorway. It detects posted speed limits reliably, but if you want the car to slow in advance of a new limit (rather than only when actually passing the sign), there’s a separate function to engage. The lane keeping system is broadly unobtrusive but still best left off away from the motorway. AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING  Does it avoid false activation well? ✓  Can it be deactivated? ✓

 Does it have pedestrian/cyclist detection? ✓ LANE KEEPING ASSISTANCE  Is the system tuned to keep the driver engaged at all times? ✓

 Is it adjustable for sensitivity? ✓

 Does it allow you to drive around a pothole/obstacle within your lane easily and without deactivation? ✓ INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL  Can the system consistently recognise and automatically adopt motorway gantry-signed variable speed limits? ✓

 Does it prevent undertaking? ✗

 Does it have effective audible or visual alerts or steering intervention to prevent changing lanes into the path of an overtaking car? Not fitted.