First, you’ll get a bright yellow visual warning on the screen telling you to watch the road. Look away for too long (or stop responding for medical or other reasons), and the Navigator will alert you in several ways. The system did disconnect when I was approaching a sweeping turn and the sun was directly in front of us, presumably blinding the camera, but it wasn’t an emergency disconnect and both the car and I handled it without any fuss.ĪctiveGlide uses the dash cluster to communicate its hands-on/hands-off status with the driver. Then, if you’re in a Blue Zone, ActiveGlide takes over the steering, and you’ll see the hands coming off the steering wheel.Īnd it works! In an hour of rush hour commuting in the Phoenix suburbs, I was able to cruise down the highway without a care in the world (so long as I didn’t look away from the road for too long). When you first turn on the adaptive cruise control, an image of a steering wheel with two hands firmly attached appears on the dash cluster and the head-up display. Think of ActiveGlide as another level of the adaptive cruise control system.
You can not sleep in the 2022 Lincoln Navigator while it drives you along, but it feels awfully close. If it seems like I’m describing a self-driving car, that’s only because “self-driving” has lost all meaning in automotive discourse.Īutonomous vehicle-expert Alex Roy defined a self-driving car as one that you can sleep in while it drives along.
So long as you keep your eyes on the road, ActiveGlide will handle the steering and speed controls while you relax and make sure nothing weird happens. The Navigator has infrared cameras on the top of the steering column tracking eye and head movement to make sure the driver is paying attention to the road and not distracted by their phone, iced caramel macchiato, spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A, or whatever else one might be distracted by while driving a three-ton, seven-passenger luxury SUV at 80 mph.
The updated 2022 Navigator has tweaked headlights and grille, but its enormous, commanding presence hasn’t changed at all.
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