Toyota Safety Sense 3.0: Enhanced Safety Technologies and Driver Assistance Systems

TLDRToyota Safety Sense 3.0 introduces upgraded safety technologies and driver assistance systems, including enhanced pre-collision system, improved lane departure alert, dynamic radar cruise control, lane tracing assist, automatic high beams, and proactive driving assist.

Key insights

🚗Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 brings new and expanded feature capabilities to the active safety technologies and driver assistance systems found in TSS 3.0.

⚡️The pre-collision system now has enhanced intersection support, improved detection range capability, and can detect oncoming vehicles in more than one lane while turning.

🛣️The lane departure alert now provides enhanced lane recognition, detecting certain three-dimensional objects used to define the lane.

🚀The dynamic radar cruise control system has been enhanced with updated cruise distance settings and smoother, more natural speed adjustments.

🚥The road sign assist can now detect a wider variety of road signs, including warning signs, providing additional awareness to the driver.

Q&A

What is Toyota Safety Sense 3.0?

Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 is a suite of active safety technologies and driver assistance systems designed to help drivers mitigate or avoid collisions and support safe driving.

What are the key enhancements in Toyota Safety Sense 3.0?

Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 introduces upgraded features such as enhanced intersection support, improved detection range capability, enhanced lane recognition, updated cruise distance settings, and wider road sign detection.

How does the pre-collision system in Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 work?

The pre-collision system uses a forward-facing camera and radar sensor to detect vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists. It provides audio and visual collision warnings and can automatically apply emergency braking if the driver does not react in certain circumstances.

What is lane departure alert in Toyota Safety Sense 3.0?

Lane departure alert detects when the vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane and provides audio and visual warnings. It can also provide gentle corrective steering to help keep the vehicle in the lane.

How does dynamic radar cruise control work in Toyota Safety Sense 3.0?

Dynamic radar cruise control uses radar sensors to maintain a preset distance from the vehicle ahead. It can adjust the vehicle's speed and apply braking if necessary. TSS 3.0 enhances this system with updated cruise distance settings and smoother speed adjustments.

Timestamped Summary

00:00Toyota Safety Sense or TSS is a suite of active safety technologies and advanced driver assistance systems.

00:08Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 introduces upgraded features, including an improved forward-facing camera with higher resolution and wider angles.

00:17The pre-collision system now has enhanced intersection support and improved detection range capability.

01:26Lane departure alert provides enhanced lane recognition and can detect certain three-dimensional objects used to define the lane, such as guard rails.

02:00Dynamic radar cruise control has been enhanced with updated cruise distance settings and smoother, more natural speed adjustments.

02:42Lane tracing assist helps the driver keep the vehicle centered in its lane and can provide steering inputs to help maintain lane position.

03:06Automatic high beams automatically toggle between high and low beams based on detecting oncoming vehicles and preceding vehicles.

04:25Proactive driving assist provides gentle braking and/or steering support to help maintain a safe distance and stay within the lane.