Driving assistance system with rear collision mitigation

A vehicular control system for a vehicle, said vehicular control system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle, wherein said plurality of sensors comprises (i) at least one camera having a field of view rearward of the equipped vehicle and (ii) at least one non-imaging sensor having a field of sensing rearward of the equipped vehicle;
• a control comprising a processor operable to process sensor data captured by said sensors;
• wherein said control determines a speed of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing of sensor data captured by at least one rearward sensing sensor of said plurality of sensors, determines a rearward approaching vehicle rearward of the equipped vehicle and traveling at a speed greater than the speed of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said control determines a speed of the determined rearward approaching vehicle;
• wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing of sensor data captured by a forward sensing sensor of the equipped vehicle, determines a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and traveling in the traffic lane that the equipped vehicle is traveling in and at a speed slower than the speed of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein, at least in part responsive to determination of the rearward approaching vehicle, said control controls the equipped vehicle to accelerate the equipped vehicle to at least the determined speed of the determined rearward approaching vehicle;
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• wherein, at least in part responsive to determination of the rearward approaching vehicle and determination of free space in the adjacent traffic lane, said control controls the equipped vehicle to maneuver the equipped vehicle into the adjacent traffic lane immediately adjacent the lane in which the equipped vehicle is traveling and to maneuver into the adjacent traffic lane to pass the determined leading vehicle ahead of the determined rearward approaching vehicle.

A vehicular control system for a vehicle, said vehicular control system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle, wherein said plurality of sensors comprises at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one camera having a field of view rearward of the equipped vehicle and (ii) at least one non-imaging sensor having a field of sensing rearward of the equipped vehicle;
• a control comprising a processor operable to process sensor data captured by said sensors;
• wherein said control determines a speed of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing of sensor data captured by at least one rearward sensing sensor of said plurality of said sensors, determines a rearward approaching vehicle rearward of the equipped vehicle and traveling at a speed greater than the speed of the equipped vehicle and in an adjacent traffic lane immediately adjacent to a traffic line in which the equipped vehicle is traveling;
• wherein said control determines a speed of the determined rearward approaching vehicle;
• wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing of sensor data captured by at least one forward sensing sensor of the equipped vehicle, determines a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and traveling in the traffic lane that the equipped vehicle is traveling in and at a speed slower than the speed of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein, at least in part responsive to determination of the rearward approaching vehicle, said control controls the equipped vehicle to accelerate the equipped vehicle to at least the determined speed of the determined rearward approaching vehicle;
• wherein, at least in part responsive to determination of the rearward approaching vehicle and determination of free space in the adjacent traffic lane, said control controls the equipped vehicle to maneuver the equipped vehicle into the adjacent traffic lane immediately adjacent the lane in which the equipped vehicle is traveling to pass the determined leading vehicle ahead of the determined rearward approaching vehicle;
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• wherein said control controls the equipped vehicle to maneuver the equipped vehicle into the adjacent lane at least in part responsive to determination that the determined rearward approaching vehicle is in the adjacent traffic lane.