Eyes on road

[Sobmartin]

Ok, I’m over 6 ft tall with long legs. When I am in Lane Following the truck complains that my eyes aren’t on the road when my hands are in the 10-2 position in the wheel. I have to move them to the bottom of the wheel!
Is there a hack on the little camera to over come this shorter than me problem. ( my wife is 5’3” and isn’t bothered!

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[PJnc284]

Watch the position of your right hand/arm. It's probably blocking the sensor.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

Disable all that nonsense. I have a small dog that likes to sit in my lap and it was complaining about the same thing. Fords implementation of this is really bad IMO.

 

[Heliian]

Disable all that nonsense.

Well that's just nonsense. Probably shouldn't be driving around with a dog on your lap.

Easiest thing to do is move your hand, next easiest thing is move the wheel down and/or away from you and your seat up.

I'm almost 6'4" and had a similar issue at first. Now I never get the warning unless I'm actually not looking at the road.

 

[TruckOwner1]

This is 100% still an issue. Ford ignored the engineers on the project and only integrated a single in cab camera for this functionality. If they had enabled another camera for watching the face on the driver door side instead of just the one next to the center dash, this wouldn't be an issue.

You will note that the issue is more problematic in the Spring and Fall when the sun is at a lower angel causing the camera to not be able to detect the eyes of the driver. Again, a camera on the opposite side would be able to see that the driver is still alert when the current camera isn't able to validate.

I can generally get the system to work for a while longer when I move the visor all the way forward against the windshield. This is how you know it is related to the light from the sun. But even this can't resolve the issue in certain light conditions.

 

[mr.Magoo]

Disable all that nonsense. I have a small dog that likes to sit in my lap and it was complaining about the same thing.

When even the dog is complaining about you not watching the road, perhaps it's time to - you know - watch the road.

Plus there's numerous reason why having a dog in your lap while driving is a really bad idea, but I'm sure you know already.

 

[Heliian]

What are the camera's on the driver door near the A pillar for? I thought they were part of that system. Same IR cameras that are on the dash.

It's only an illuminator on that side. The system works fine as long as it can see you.

A handful of people can't figure it out.

 

[Wendy]

I have to drink my tea with my left hand. Getting those last few drinks out of the reusable mug while watching the road with my left eye ... it can't see me! Silly thing.

 

[Mikerson]

Disable all that nonsense.

How do you disable it and keep cruise and lane-keeping functionality? I just want one more second without the nanny. I'm often literally looking at the road when it goes off.

 

[TruckOwner1]

It's only an illuminator on that side. The system works fine as long as it can see you.

A handful of people can't figure it out.

A handful of people can't figure it out?

I guess you can add me to the list. I don't understand why someone would believe that it is the responsibility of the vehicle owner to understand how to look forward at the road in some special manner.

Perhaps there is a course for looking forward that I missed.

 

[Maquis]

 

[Heliian]

can't figure it out?

Yes, unsurprisingly, the threshold for getting a driver's license is pretty low.
On person thought looking straight into the camera would help.

The gist is, the camera needs a clear sight line to your face. How you achieve that shouldn't be difficult.

 

[TruckOwner1]

Yes, unsurprisingly, the threshold for getting a driver's license is pretty low.
On person thought looking straight into the camera would help.

The gist is, the camera needs a clear sight line to your face. How you achieve that shouldn't be difficult.

If you want to join me on the track with your BMW M 1000 RR, we can see who deserves a license and who doesn't!

What exactly do you believe gets in the way between the left edge of the touch screen and someone's eye's?

 

[FloridaMan655321]

How do you disable it and keep cruise and lane-keeping functionality? I just want one more second without the nanny. I'm often literally looking at the road when it goes off.

I just need normal cruise control and it works without all the other stuff disabled. I think even lane keep works, but I'd have to double-check. Take a peak in the settings on the truck. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll go through the settings. I found it while driving home after the purchase so it's not difficult to find.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

When even the dog is complaining about you not watching the road, perhaps it's time to - you know - watch the road.

Plus there's numerous reason why having a dog in your lap while driving is a really bad idea, but I'm sure you know already.

Dog can't hang her head out the window without being on my lap

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