You’ll have to remind yourself to move over to the right in Canada, though, since the ProPilot 2.1 system isn’t available here yet
- If you don’t move back to the right after passing, Nissan’s ProPilot 2.1 reminds you to do so
- The updated hands-free system is rolling out across several 2025 Nissan vehicles
- But it’s only in the U.S. right now, with no indication if or when it’ll come to Canada
We do get a version of ProPilot in Canada, and it’s available on most Nissan and Infiniti vehicles, but while it keeps its distance from the car in front and stays in its lane, it requires you to have your hands on the wheel at all times.
As with other hands-free assist systems, such as GM’s Super Cruise or Ford’s BlueCruise, ProPilot 2.1 works on pre-mapped sections of highways. It operates hands-on otherwise, but once it gets to a place it recognizes, it indicates the driver can let go, although attention must still be paid.
With the new feature, when a driver moves to the left to pass slower traffic but then stays out there, ProPilot issues a reminder alert that it’s been there long enough, and it’s time for the driver to make a lane change back over to the right. Hard to believe drivers can’t figure that out for themselves, but every little bit helps. That said, the driver has to be using ProPilot to get a reminder; if it isn’t on, drivers have to depend on their knowledge of how to drive properly.
ProPilot seems to be the first of these driver-assist suites with such an alert, although systems such as GM’s Super Cruise, which can automatically make lane changes on its own to get around slower traffic, will guide itself back into its original lane once it’s done.
Now if only someone would come up with an alert to remind drivers that it isn’t just about the far left lane — we’re also fed up with drivers on three-lane highways who rush over to the centre section and stay glued to it, completely oblivious to (or perhaps without care for) the way they’re gumming up traffic and making everything difficult for everybody. In almost all jurisdictions, if someone passes you on the right, you’re in the wrong lane. Let’s get our cars to say that to their drivers, please.
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