Posted on 12/19/2025
Modern vehicles rely heavily on cameras and sensors to help you stay in your lane, avoid collisions, and judge distance in traffic. Many of those cameras sit right at the top of the windshield, looking out at the road ahead. When the windshield is replaced, that camera’s aim and view can change more than most people realize, even if the glass looks perfectly aligned. That is where ADAS calibration comes in. What ADAS Systems Rely on Your Windshield For Advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS, use a combination of cameras, radar, and sensors to understand what is happening around the vehicle. The forward-facing camera behind the windshield plays a key role in: Lane departure warning and lane keeping assist Automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning Adaptive cruise control on many models Traffic sign recognition and high beam assist These features all depend on accurate images and measurements. If the camera is pointed slightly too high, to ... read more