Mazda i-Activsense® Driver Assist Technology

The Mazda i-Activsense® system is the automaker’s driver assistance suite that helps keep your family safer on Schaumburg roads and beyond. It utilizes several different high-tech features, such as cameras, radar, and collision mitigation sensors and software to increase driver awareness and decrease the likelihood of an accident. Expect this technology to improve with each new model year.

Read all of the information about the Mazda i-Activsense® driver assist technology and its main safety features with our guide. You’ll find these technologies in new Mazda vehicles and certified pre-owned Mazda vehicles just a few years old.

What Are the Main Mazda i-Activsense® Safety Features?

The advanced Mazda i-Activsense® safety system has several components, all of which are designed to help keep your family safe until you get home to your Geneva garage. 

Adaptive Front-Lighting System (AFS)

Navigating at night in Elgin isn’t always easy, even with the right headlights. The AFS turns the headlights in the direction of the curve ahead of your Mazda, illuminating possible obstacles so that you can react accordingly if you see something in the way, like a fallen branch, debris, or an animal. AFS optimizes the distribution of light from the headlights according to driving circumstances. AFS points the low-beam headlights in the direction you intend to travel depending on your speed and turning the steering wheel.

Mazda Lane Keep Assist System (LAS)

Choose between Lane-Trace, which provides steering assistance early to help keep the vehicle centered in the current lane, and Lane Departure Avoidance, which only activates if the vehicle begins to leave its current lane. LAS uses a windshield-mounted camera to recognize lane markings on the road and activates at speeds above 37 mph. It’s a great feature to have on the St Charles highways.

High-Beam Control (HBC)

High beams are great for traveling at night, but you can’t shine them in the eyes of oncoming drivers. The HBC system uses an advanced camera system to recognize when an oncoming or preceding vehicle is in your general vicinity. The Mazda will then automatically switch between normal and high beams, allowing you to enjoy the best visibility without blinding other drivers or worrying about dimming the high beams suddenly.

Mazda Radar Cruise Control (MRCC)

MRCC is an advanced cruise control system utilizing a millimeter wave radar. This technology judges the relative speed and distance to the car ahead of you on Elgin highways. It’ll automatically accelerate and brake in order to maintain a safe buffer distance between you and the other vehicle. This system also includes the Distance Recognition Support System (DRSS), letting you know the exact distance from your Mazda to the vehicle in front of you.

Rear Vehicle Monitoring System (RVM)

The RVM system utilizes similar radar to gauge the distance of a vehicle approaching from directly behind you and in the lanes beside your vehicle to make you aware of what’s happening. You’ll also receive an audible and visual warning if the system detects an oncoming vehicle in a neighboring lane when your turn signal is on, letting you know it’s not safe to turn into another lane.

Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS)

This system is very similar to Mazda’s lane-keep assist features. It uses an advanced camera system that reads lane markers, enabling it to recognize when your vehicle is drifting out of its lane. You’ll get a warning to help avoid a dangerous situation. If your vehicle’s turn signal is on when the lane departure occurs, then the LDWS warning does not engage because it assumes you are trying to change lanes.

Forward Obstruction Warning (FOW)

Utilizing similar radar technology to the Rear Vehicle Monitoring System, FOW can recognize a vehicle or an obstruction directly in front of your vehicle. If this system senses that the distance between the front of your vehicle and the vehicle in front of you is decreasing, it will automatically send a visual and audible alert to warn you to brake immediately.

Smart City Brake Support

Smart City Brake Support can automatically apply the brakes when you’re driving in the city at low speeds to avoid or mitigate the impact of a head-on collision. This technology can utilize some of the other technologies to apply the brakes appropriately. 

Acceleration Control for AT

For select Mazda vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, Acceleration Control for AT automatically sends a warning to you if the accelerator is pressed too hard while there is an obstruction in front of your Mazda.

Buy a Vehicle With Mazda i-Activsense® Safety Features in Elgin!

If you’re ready for a safer driving experience, we invite you to test-drive a modern Mazda vehicle with high-tech safety features and driver-assist technology. Contact us to schedule a test drive with our team. We can also show you which Mazda vehicles have these advanced safety features on them so that you can make an informed choice about which ones should be high on your list.

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