[X1_x23d]

Has anyone been able to get this Traffic Light Stop feature to actually get the vehicle to stop?

The most mine does is sometimes shows a warning of a red traffic light, but never actually slows down or stops.

Neither does it ping me when the lights turn green.

[10to2Driver]

Originally Posted by X1_x23d

Has anyone been able to get this Traffic Light Stop feature to actually get the vehicle to stop?

The most mine does is sometimes shows a warning of a red traffic light, but never actually slows down or stops.

Neither does it ping me when the lights turn green.

Do you actually expect people to drive through a red light just to test the system ? I have had the red light flash with a warning sound when the car thought I was approaching the red light too fast (obviously I knew I was going to stop). And yes, if the if the traffic light symbol comes up, and shows the red light 'illuminated', it does ping on going green. Sometimes the symbol does not come up, depending on position of the car. Also, if it does show up when the car is not at the front of the queue, it doesn't ping when it changes to green - presumably so that you don't move forward before the car in front. Generally, I think it's helpful.

[WhiteDogBE]

This works for me. The car stops by itself at the line in front of the light. It might work differently in your country. I am in Belgium.

Here is how it works:
- I approach a red light. It only works at lights where the is one "color". If you have greens and reds at the same time (multiple lanes) it doesn't work yet.
- The car picks up the red (or green) light and shows it in the display.
- IMPORTANT: with me, next to the light it will show "SET". Here the car is asking you to confirm that the situations on the road is as detected.
- I confirm what I see with SET.
- The car will slow down and stop at the line. This can be a bit last minute as the car usually sees the lights also 5 sec before passing it.

It's an awesome feature

Edit: Forgot to add, the ping to drive off is only when you are not looking at the road (IR camera in the dash). Try to look away when the light is about to turn green to test it.

[markronnie]

I don’t believe this feature is available in the USA

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[X1_x23d]

Originally Posted by 10to2Driver

Do you actually expect people to drive through a red light just to test the system ? I have had the red light flash with a warning sound when the car thought I was approaching the red light too fast (obviously I knew I was going to stop). And yes, if the if the traffic light symbol comes up, and shows the red light 'illuminated', it does ping on going green. Sometimes the symbol does not come up, depending on position of the car. Also, if it does show up when the car is not at the front of the queue, it doesn't ping when it changes to green - presumably so that you don't move forward before the car in front. Generally, I think it's helpful.

Why would you need to drive through the red light to know if it works? The system would stop you before the red traffic light so you would know it’s working as you would sense the car slowing down well in advance. And if the car didn’t slow down, you would have enough time to react and stop manually.

[10to2Driver]

Originally Posted by X1_x23d

Why would you need to drive through the red light to know if it works? The system would stop you before the red traffic light so you would know it’s working as you would sense the car slowing down well in advance. And if the car didn’t slow down, you would have enough time to react and stop manually.

Well, in London, most traffic signals have a bicycle zone at the front so you need to stop well short of the actual final line, and there are multiple lights with filters so you might need to stop at a green or a red in those cases, although I notice that it reacts to the main light, not the filter lane. I'm not sure it would slow down "well" in advance given the response to assisted driving which I have set as most sensitive and still intervene sometimes on a motorway. I suppose in short, I don't think one should rely on the car to deal with traffic lights normally, or even to test what happens - surely it is really there as a back-up if you fail to stop, or it considers that you are still travelling too fast up to a red light, with a convenient reminder now to move off. By the way, it pings on green even if you are looking ahead in my experience.

[FZI89]

Originally Posted by X1_x23d

Has anyone been able to get this Traffic Light Stop feature to actually get the vehicle to stop?

The most mine does is sometimes shows a warning of a red traffic light, but never actually slows down or stops.

Neither does it ping me when the lights turn green.

Although the car comes equipped with this feature, it will only work is local laws allow it.

For example, in Austria, we get the warning that we’re approaching a red light but the car isn’t allowed to autonomously stop as per the local laws. In Germany, on the other hand, cars are allowed to be stopped autonomously.

[X1_x23d]

Originally Posted by FZI89

Although the car comes equipped with this feature, it will only work is local laws allow it.

For example, in Austria, we get the warning that we’re approaching a red light but the car isn’t allowed to autonomously stop as per the local laws. In Germany, on the other hand, cars are allowed to be stopped autonomously.

Do you know if the auto stop feature is activated in the UK as it’s never worked for me. The most I get is the red light on the dash. The green light to remind me to go has never worked, looking ahead or not.

[FZI89]

Originally Posted by X1_x23d

Do you know if the auto stop feature is activated in the UK as it’s never worked for me. The most I get is the red light on the dash. The green light to remind me to go has never worked, looking ahead or not.

BMW had a list of countries where this feature works, but I can’t find it anymore. If I remember correctly, it’s not yet available in the UK.

If your car can detect red lights, I don’t see why it can’t detect green lights. Green light detections works on mine. Ut only when I have active cruise control on.

For it to activate:

1. active cruise control is on,
2. youre looking away
3. the light turns green
4. The car in front of you moves and you’re still looking away

Then you will be notified that the light is green and you have to look ahead

[X1_x23d]

Seems like feature is coming to new 1 Series and new X3

[jimma_uk]

Originally Posted by X1_x23d

Do you know if the auto stop feature is activated in the UK as it’s never worked for me. The most I get is the red light on the dash. The green light to remind me to go has never worked, looking ahead or not.

Mine triggered on the way to work this morning. I pulled up at a red traffic light and was looking in the shop window to my right. The light turned green and I had the "bong" sound to notify me of the change of the lights. I didn't have any of the cruise control assists switched on.

[MontyB1]

Originally Posted by jimma_uk

Mine triggered on the way to work this morning. I pulled up at a red traffic light and was looking in the shop window to my right. The light turned green and I had the "bong" sound to notify me of the change of the lights. I didn't have any of the cruise control assists switched on.

They must have added this it wasn't turned on in the early days even though it was available in the EU, nice move.