SarhoshAmiral

I think I know the answer already but wanted to verify just in case. Is it true that traffic sign recognition in US only covers speed limits and school zones? This is for a 2019 Q7 Prestige.

Would it have killed Audi to recognize stop signs as well which would have been very useful?

Lectoid

In my experience, that's the only two types of signs it has recognized.

superswiss

https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/...e-systems-7184


Some of the listed traffic signs are only found in Europe, so they don't apply to the USA, but generally it recognizes signs related to speed, passing and entry restrictions. What exactly do you expect from recognizing Stop signs? Do you expect the car to stop for you?

billm0066

Why would it display a stop sign? The sign isn't displayed on the cluster until you are right on top of it which means you should be at a complete stop anyway.

JBaumgart

Is there any way to defeat (not show) the notification that there are currently no speed-based signs to read? It's a little irritating when driving in a parking lot or in rural area where the vehicle will suddenly produce a warning chime that sounds along with a notice that appears on the virtual cockpit...can this be turned off or at least modified?

SarhoshAmiral

Regarding questions about stop sign, it could have displayed it earlier and also warn if you are not slowing down. In fact I would have loved if the car recognized stop signs in stop & go traffic when in traffic jam assist mode and stopped by itself instead trying to follow the car in front at stop signs.

The way I see it traffic sign recognition is there to help the driver just as all the other driver assist features so it makes to me for it to display important signs on the dashboard just in case.

superswiss

That will come when cars actually reach at least level 3 autonomous driving. What's on the roads today is level 2 and at best level 2.5 if you wanna go as far. The systems are merely assisting with the traffic flow. They are not obeying traffic rules in behalf of the driver yet, that's an important distinction. The traffic signs that are recognized today, are those that apply to the current road you are driving on and are still effective once you passed them, so it's useful to see them in the dashboard if for example you are wondering all of a sudden if the 45 mph speed limit you remember seeing is actually still effective. A stop sign is only valid at the point where it's placed, and in reality the camera won't pick it up much earlier than you do, so displaying it on the dash is of little value. Once you blew through it, it also doesn't help much if it tells you there was a stop sign. I'm pretty sure lots of people would have issues if the car autonomously stopped if it thinks it saw a stop sign. Unfortunately, the recognition is not perfect. It occasionally misreads traffic signs of adjacent roads etc. I don't know about Audi to be honest, but the driving assist system in my C63S uses the map data to slow down when approaching intersections, roundabouts, exits etc. That's honestly much more reliable, because it knows well in advance if there's a stop coming up instead of relying on recognizing a stop sign.

billm0066

You are asking for a tall order buddy. Tesla system cant utilize stop signs yet and you expect audi to? You are dreaming. Save up for the 2025 q7 and that might be a best case scenario.

Brimstone

If you figure this out please tell the rest of us. Dumbest warning ever might as well say the sky is blue or water is wet. I think its pretty obvious if the system isn't working due to ... lack of sign showing up.

SarhoshAmiral

One can dream though right, I will start complaining once Tesla starts doing it then