brucedmd Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) I have the CTA cross traffic alert system on my Edge. I have been pretty disappointed with it. It says it can detect a vehicle up to 45 feet away traveling less than 15 mph. I have found in reality it is not sensitive enough. The approaching vehicle doesnt register a beep warning until its within 6-8 feet of my car. Too late for the warning to do much good. Is it just my car, or have others found the CTA to be sensitive enough? Edited October 31, 2010 by brucedmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I have the CTA cross traffic alert system on my Edge. I have been pretty disappointed with it. It says it can detect a vehicle up to 45 feet away traveling less than 15 mph. I have found in reality it is not sensitive enough. The approaching vehicle doesnt register a beep warning until its within 6-8 feet of my car. Too late for the warning to do much good. Is it just my car, or have others found the CTA to be sensitive enough? One demo video I saw was implying that this system would work best in a mall parking lot. I never expected much out of that system. BLIS is good tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucedmd Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 One demo video I saw was implying that this system would work best in a mall parking lot. I never expected much out of that system. BLIS is good tho. I agree the BLIS works well. Its worth the package just for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-z Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I have the CTA cross traffic alert system on my Edge. I have been pretty disappointed with it. It says it can detect a vehicle up to 45 feet away traveling less than 15 mph. I have found in reality it is not sensitive enough. The approaching vehicle doesnt register a beep warning until its within 6-8 feet of my car. Too late for the warning to do much good. Is it just my car, or have others found the CTA to be sensitive enough? This isn't something that's all that easy to test, so I set up a test with me backing up from my driveway with 2 vehicles parked parellel on either side and my wife driving her car on the street from one side. The audible warning only went off when she was nearly upon me (she did have strict instructions not to hit me....) So, yeah, it's seems like it's not something you ever want to rely upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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