Available Super Cruise
Buick’s available Super Cruise is an advanced driver-assistance technology that enables hands-free driving on compatible roads across the United States and Canada. Using a combination of LiDAR map data, cameras, sensors, and real-time GPS, Super Cruise helps maintain your speed, position your vehicle within its lane, and steer along marked roadways when certain conditions are met. This feature is designed to make long-distance and highway driving more convenient, comfortable, and confidence-inspiring.
How the System Works
Super Cruise relies on a network of technologies working together. High-definition LiDAR map data provides detailed road information, while a forward-facing camera identifies lane markings. Adaptive sensors monitor surrounding vehicles, adjusting speed as needed. The driver attention camera ensures you remain engaged and alert. When all conditions are met, and you're on a compatible highway, you can activate Super Cruise for a hands-free driving experience.
Driver Experience
When engaged, Super Cruise keeps the vehicle centered within its lane and maintains a safe following distance. A light bar on the steering wheel indicates the system’s status. Green typically means hands-free driving is active, blue signals driver steering support is needed, and red asks the driver to take control immediately. Although hands-free operation is available, the system still requires you to maintain visual attention on the road at all times.
Real-World Benefits
Super Cruise enhances comfort and reduces fatigue during long highway trips or routine commuting. It can help ease the repetitive demands of maintaining steady speed, staying centered in the lane, and continuously monitoring surrounding vehicles. Whether traveling cross-country or navigating daily expressway traffic, the system offers a smoother and more relaxed driving experience.
Key Advantages
Drivers benefit from improved convenience, enhanced safety support, and consistent performance even in heavy traffic. Super Cruise can help maintain a predictable, steady driving pattern and may contribute to reducing driver fatigue on extended trips. It also offers advanced lane-centering and braking capabilities that support a more controlled driving environment.
Compatible Road Network
Buick’s Super Cruise technology operates on a growing network of compatible roads. These include select divided highways and limited-access roads that have been mapped in detail using LiDAR technology. As the mapped network expands, so does the reach and usefulness of this hands-free feature for Buick drivers across North America.
Working With Other Buick Safety Features
Super Cruise integrates seamlessly with Buick’s full suite of driver-assistance technologies. It often works alongside Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist, Automatic Emergency Braking, and Forward Collision Alert. When combined, these systems help support a safer and more confident driving experience, whether hands-free mode is engaged or not.
Limitations
Super Cruise only functions on compatible roads and requires the driver to remain attentive. Weather conditions, lane markings, construction zones, and certain traffic scenarios may limit performance or require immediate driver takeover. Because of this, the system is designed to assist—not replace—responsible, engaged driving.
Why This Technology Matters
Hands-free driving represents one of the most meaningful advancements in modern automotive safety and convenience. Buick’s available Super Cruise builds on this progress by offering a sophisticated, easy-to-use system that enhances long journeys and daily commutes. It gives drivers additional comfort and confidence while providing a glimpse into the future of connected, intelligent mobility.