Active Safety Features and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control
Active safety features and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) come standard with your Tesla vehicle.
Active safety features provide elevated protection at all times. Active safety features are available to help prevent or mitigate accidents.
Traffic-Aware Cruise Control maintains a set driving speed and additionally, slows down or accelerates your vehicle as needed to maintain the following distance from the vehicle in front of you.
Note: Specific features available to you may vary depending on your vehicle configuration, hardware, software version, region, model, vehicle trim and model year.
While you’re driving, active safety features can alert you or take action before things go wrong, helping to prevent accidents or reduce their severity. Active safety features include:
- Automatic Emergency Braking: Detects cars or obstacles that the vehicle may impact and applies the brakes
- Forward Collision Warning: Warns of impending collisions with slower moving or stationary vehicles in front of your Tesla vehicle
- Side Collision Warning: Warns of potential collisions with obstacles alongside your vehicle
- Obstacle Aware Acceleration: Automatically reduces acceleration when an obstacle is detected in front of your vehicle while driving at low speeds
- Blind Spot Monitoring: Warns when a vehicle or obstacle is detected when changing lanes
- Lane Departure Avoidance: Applies corrective steering to keep your vehicle in your current lane
- Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance: Steers your vehicle back into your driving lane when it detects that your vehicle is departing its lane and there could be a collision
Note: Active safety features are designed to assist drivers but cannot respond in every situation. It is your responsibility to stay alert, drive safely and be in control of your vehicle at all times.
Similar to traditional cruise control, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) maintains a set driving speed. TACC also slows down or accelerates as needed to maintain the following distance from the vehicle in front of you.
Note: While Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is engaged, you are still responsible for steering.
To enable Traffic-Aware Cruise Control on your vehicle’s touchscreen, tap ‘Controls’ > ‘Autopilot’ > ‘Traffic-Aware Cruise Control.’
To use Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, follow these steps:
- Press the right scroll button on your steering wheel and release the accelerator pedal to allow Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to maintain the cruising speed. A chime will notify you that Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is now active.
- Roll the right scroll wheel up to increase and down to decrease the speed.
- Cancel Traffic-Aware Cruise Control by pressing the right scroll button or by pressing the brake pedal.
For vehicles equipped with a gear stalk, follow these steps:
- Pull the gear stalk down once and release the accelerator pedal to allow Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to maintain the cruising speed. A chime will notify you that Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is now active.
- Roll the right scroll wheel up to increase and down to decrease the speed.
- Cancel Traffic-Aware Cruise Control by moving the gear stalk upward or by pressing the brake pedal.
To override the set cruising speed, apply the accelerator at any time.
Do all Tesla vehicles come with active safety features?
Yes. Active safety features come standard with every Tesla vehicle.
Can I experience Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and active safety features before purchasing a vehicle?
You can experience Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) along with FSD (Supervised) on a demo drive at one of our Tesla locations. If you don't live close to a Tesla site that offers demo drives, you can schedule a self-serve demo drive, which allows you to experience a Tesla vehicle on your own terms at a nearby location. You must be 21 years old with a valid driver's license for a self-serve demo drive.
How do I know if Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) is available with my vehicle?
To check if TACC is available with your vehicle, refer to your Owner’s Manual on your vehicle’s touchscreen. If available, you will also be able to find and enable the feature from your vehicle's touchscreen by tapping ‘Controls’ > ‘Autopilot.’
Note: Feature availability depends on vehicle configuration, hardware, software version, region, model, vehicle trim and model year.