How Kia Drive Wise Enhances Safety and Confidence on Orlando Roads

Whether you’re commuting solo to your job or taking your family to a weekend at Walt Disney World, you want to arrive at your destination safely, which is where Kia Drive Wise in Orlando comes to make your day. To ensure confidence that this will always happen, Kia DriveWise technologies protect your trips with high-tech driver assists that include exterior sensors and cameras to monitor the traffic around you. 

Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)

If you’re about to hit a vehicle, cyclist, or pedestrian in your path, FCA warns you audibly and visually. If you don’t react appropriately in time, FCA automatically applies braking to reduce the effects of or avoid an accident entirely. More advanced versions with Junction Turning Detection also warn against collisions when vehicles approach from either side of an intersection that you’re crossing.

Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW)

To make lane changes safer when you’re traveling faster than 20 mph, BCW tells you if a vehicle is a lane that you want to move to. The more advanced Collision-Avoidance Assist can apply braking if you’re in danger of hitting a car in the next lane. You may also get a Blind-Spot View Monitor that relies on wide side-view cameras to reveal live video of your blind spot on your instrument cluster.

Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist (RCCA)

Back out of a parking spot and RCCA tells you if a vehicle is crossing your reverse path from the left or right. If a collision can happen, it applies the brakes to minimize or prevent an accident.

Lane Keeping Assist (LKA)

By looking at the lane markers using the front view camera on the windshield, LKA signals you if you are moving out of your lane with no turn signal activated. It then nudges the steering wheel slightly to keep you in line. This feature works only when your vehicle goes faster than 40 MPH.

Lane Following Assist (LFA)

Like LKA, LFA monitors lane markings to ensure that you’re centered in the lane. If you aren’t, the LFA indicator illuminates on the instrument cluster to indicate that it is adjusting the steering to keep you in the middle. However, your car must be going slower than 95 MPH.

Smart Cruise Control (SCC) with Stop & Go

Long highway drives become easier when SCC automatically maintains a safe distance between you and the next vehicle by adjusting braking and acceleration as you travel at 20 MPH or more. If the vehicle slows down and stops, so do you. If the stop lasts longer than three seconds, you need to reactivate SCC by tapping on the gas pedal or pressing a button.

You’re welcome to experience Kia safety features in Central Florida, which may vary slightly by model, with a test drive at City Kia today.