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Why didn't Australia get Lane Keep Assist?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by ozboy, Dec 19, 2009.

  1. ozboy

    ozboy New Member

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    I have heard that it is because our lanes are narrower than in other countries. But Mercedes, Volvo & BMW have it on cars in this country.

    Would it be possible to have the feature added aftermarket, considering the wiring may already be in the car & I already have Radar Cruise Control?
     
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    I don't know if it would be possible to have the Lane Keep Assist (LKA) installed aftermarket. However, the LKA feature does not use the radar from the Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC) feature. It uses a camera which is mounted above the rear view mirror. In the United States Toyota bundled the DRCC and LKA into the Advanced Technology Package, but they are really independent systems. Of course, they share the same display screen on the Multi-Information Display.
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Information I recieved when at the media launch was the lane markings in Australia were not compliant with what LKA needed to function.
     
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    In Japan, we also can't get the LKA option on the JP Prius.
    However, we can get it on other cars, such as Estima Hybrid.
    I don't know why.

    Ken@Japan
     
    #4 ken1784, Dec 20, 2009
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    Must be the weight of the camera cause the mpg to increase over the the magic 50 US mpg:D
     
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    Not in Europe either. And we also don't have tire pressure monitoring.
    But we do have HUD.
     
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    I'll trade you my LKA, TPM and parking assist, for your HUD and HDD nav. :D
     
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    Not available in Canada either or at least in BC

    Tim
     
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    In Australia they have "lanes" now? :)
     
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    I don't think US-MPG is all that useful as a marketing tool here, we use the international system of measurement, maybe you have heard of it? It is called metric. When we did use gallons we used the big full size gallons, not the tiny toy ones from the USA. How ever this would, if we still used gallons, which we haven't since I left school back in 1977, then the Prius would get 62.5 MPG here.

    Yeah, we have 2 roads in the country with lanes, that is 50% of our roads. Unfortunately the koalas and kangaroos don't get lanes so lanes aren't much good when the kids are riding to school on koalas and kangaroos in the morning.
     
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    Chuckle ... Thanks.
    Someday I hope to visit.
     
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    yes i know metric is much better,
    since 95% of US postersi put it in little US gallons
     
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    I barely ever look at th HUD even though it is on all the time - am always looking at the multi information display. Its as if I have forgotten I have HUD
     
    #13 ozboy, Dec 21, 2009
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    But you can get the HSI on the HUD... unless you're looking at the Energy Monitor or the Consumption Screen.
     
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    hsi???
     
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    maybe the cameras don't pick up the lines in the road that well?
     
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    Hey, don't give up TPM! You might regret it if you ever have need of it ;)
    I had a slow leak in my passenger side back tire that would have turned into a flat in a couple days if I hadn't been warned by the TPM. Never knew about this feature till I saw the light on the dash. Very nice.

    I don't mind not having LKA here in Canada, but I have to admit, I also really wanted the HUD... We should lobby Toyota for a Super Prius with all features included!

    I know, I know, MPG would suffer, it would be really expensive, etc...
     
    #18 maledyris, Dec 24, 2009
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    Hey, just be happy you got full auto headlights!
     
    #19 ggood, Dec 25, 2009
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