How to Use Smart Driving Features the Right Way？

1. Correct and Safe Use of Intelligent Driving Systems
When using intelligent driving systems on highways, your hands should always remain on the steering wheel, maintaining the standard driving posture. Your right foot should be aligned with the brake pedal, making it easy to react in emergencies by simply lifting and pressing forward to brake immediately.

When approaching sharp turns, bridges, tunnels, or speed bumps on highways, it’s recommended to proactively reduce your speed to around 100 or 90 km/h. This ensures a greater sense of safety when navigating these special road conditions. Intelligent driving is a form of human-machine co-driving, where the driver remains actively involved throughout the process.

2. Choosing Between Pure Vision and LiDAR-Based Intelligent Driving Systems
2024 is widely considered the "Year of Intelligent Driving," with most newly launched vehicles featuring these technologies. To reduce costs, many budget-friendly models adopt a pure vision-based system.

Pure vision solutions can handle 99% of driving scenarios. If you're driving during the day in good weather, a pure vision system typically works flawlessly. However, in heavy fog or at night, its limitations become apparent. Pure vision systems function much like the human eye—if a person can’t see it, neither can the system. In contrast, intelligent driving systems equipped with LiDAR offer significantly better performance in poor weather and nighttime conditions, enhancing safety in such environments.

3. Consumer Advice on Intelligent Driving Systems
Currently, many vehicles on the market claim to have intelligent driving features, but the actual performance levels vary greatly. Most of these systems are classified under the L2 autonomous driving category. However, the vague classification of L2 has led some automakers to overstate their vehicles’ capabilities.

It is recommended that the L2 category be further subdivided—perhaps into L2.1, L2.5, etc.—to better reflect the actual functionality of different systems. This would allow consumers to clearly understand the capabilities of the intelligent driving system in the car they purchase, avoiding unrealistic expectations and promoting greater transparency and responsibility within the industry.