Emergency lane keeping (ELK)

This term is part of the following categories: Safety, Technology, Sensors and Vehicle system.

Version: 5.0, Release date: April 2023

Definition: Vehicle system that attempts to prevent the vehicle from crossing a lane marking into a lane where there is an obstruction or risk of collision, irrespective of whether the human driver has operated the direction indicator

NOTE Also known as lane departure prevention (LDP).

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Version: 3.0, Release date: October 2020

Definition: Vehicle system that attempts to prevent the vehicle from crossing a lane marking into a lane where there is an obstruction or risk of collision, irrespective of whether the human driver has operated the direction indicator.

Version: 2.0, Release date: June 2020

Definition: Vehicle system that attempts to prevent the vehicle from crossing a lane marking into a lane where there is an obstruction or risk of collision, irrespective of whether the human driver has operated the direction indicator.