Understanding Kia Drive Wise: Advanced Safety Technologies

Modern Kia cars are remarkably safe to drive. Whenever you’re on the road, your Kia is looking out for collision threats and helping you to avoid them. Each model and trim has an excellent range of Kia Drive Wise safety features, as standard or available. Here’s an outline of the best of these features. 

Understanding Kia Drive Wise: Advanced Safety Technologies

Smart Cruise Control With Stop-and-Go

Your Kia can alleviate some of the stress of driving with Smart Cruise Control, whereby your car drives for you, holding to a predetermined distance from the vehicles ahead. With Stop-and-Go, it can slow down on its own to a complete halt. Then, if the vehicle ahead moves again within three seconds, your car will start up and continue automatically.

Blind Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist

Blind spots to the rear on both sides of the car pose a threat when changing lanes or pulling out of a parallel parking spot. With Blind Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, your Kia will monitor both blind spots and warn you whenever anything comes into one of them. Furthermore, if your car detects that you’re attempting to change lanes when another vehicle is in a blind spot, it will warn you with clear audible and visual alerts, helping you stay safely in your lane. 

Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist

Backing directly out of a parking spot often puts drivers in a situation where their vision is obstructed by other vehicles. With Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist, your Kia has no such restrictions and can monitor traffic from either direction behind you. If an oncoming car is detected, you’ll be warned and the automatic brakes can also be applied. 

Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist

While vision isn’t restricted to the front of the vehicle, forward collision threats can sometimes emerge so suddenly that it’s difficult for drivers to respond in time. Forward Collision Warning and Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist give your Kia the ability to notice potential collision threats ahead of you. You’ll then receive a clear warning and your car can apply the automatic emergency brakes. 

Remote Smart Parking Assist

With this feature, your key fob becomes all you need to park your car in tight parking spots. You can stand outside the vehicle and use buttons on the fob to command your vehicle to automatically reverse or emerge from the parking spot, reducing the risk of bumping adjacent vehicles. 

See Kia Drive Wise Safety Features in Action 

There are several more superb features in the Kia Drive Wise suite. You can test drive your preferred Kia model today and see all of these features in action on the road. Our courteous, knowledgeable staff will be happy to show you how they work. 

Visit Don Franklin Somerset Kia in Somerset, KY, today to take your favorite Kia for a spin. We’ve been helping the drivers of Kentucky to enjoy a safer, more pleasurable driving experience for decades.