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cereal/custom.capnp

@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ struct StarPilotPlan @0xf98d843bfd7004a3 {
 struct StarPilotRadarState @0xb86e6369214c01c8 {
   leadLeft @0 :LeadData;
   leadRight @1 :LeadData;
+  adjacentStopped @2 :AdjacentStopped;
+
+  # A vehicle in an adjacent lane that was observed MOVING and then came to rest.
+  # Distinct from leadLeft/leadRight, which are moving-target-only by design.
+  struct AdjacentStopped {
+    status @0 :Bool;
+    dRel @1 :Float32;
+    yRel @2 :Float32;
+    radarTrackId @3 :Int32 = -1;
+  }
 
   struct LeadData {
     dRel @0 :Float32;

selfdrive/controls/radard.py

@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ RADAR_TO_CAMERA = 1.52  # RADAR is ~ 1.5m ahead from center of mesh frame
 G90_RADAR_LOW_SPEED_MAX_DIST = 12.0
 G90_RADAR_LOW_SPEED_MAX_Y = 0.6
 
+# Adjacent-lane stopped-vehicle detector, used as a stop-line hint on red-light
+# approaches. The qualifier is the DECELERATION HISTORY, not the current speed: a target
+# that was seen moving and then came to rest is self-identifying, while roadside
+# furniture and curb-parked cars never show that transition. Simply accepting "anything
+# slow in the next lane" would pick up parked cars and brake us early.
+# Measured over 39 red-light approaches (Desktop/stops corpus): present on ~10% of stops,
+# dRel reads a mean 6.3 m SHORT of the true stop line (worst case 13.7 m short, a car
+# queued behind the bar), and first appears a median 53 m out.
+ADJACENT_STOP_MOVING_V = 5.0      # m/s — must have genuinely been moving
+ADJACENT_STOP_REST_V = 1.5        # m/s — and then genuinely at rest
+ADJACENT_STOP_MOVING_FRAMES = 15  # 0.75 s at 20 Hz, both ways: rejects speed noise
+ADJACENT_STOP_REST_FRAMES = 15
+ADJACENT_STOP_MIN_Y = 1.8         # m — inside this is our own lane
+ADJACENT_STOP_MAX_Y = 7.5         # m — beyond this is roadside, not an adjacent lane
+ADJACENT_STOP_MAX_D = 110.0       # m
+
 
 class KalmanParams:
   def __init__(self, dt: float):
@@ -62,6 +78,11 @@ class Track:
 
     self.leadTrackID = 0
 
+    # deceleration history for the adjacent-lane stopped-vehicle detector
+    self.moving_frames = 0
+    self.rest_frames = 0
+    self.seen_moving = False
+
   def update(self, d_rel: float, y_rel: float, v_rel: float, v_lead: float, measured: float):
     # relative values, copy
     self.dRel = d_rel   # LONG_DIST
@@ -83,6 +104,21 @@ class Track:
     else:
       self.aLeadTau.update(0.0)
 
+    # Track the moving -> stopped transition. Only a sustained run counts, so a single
+    # noisy speed sample can neither arm nor trip the detector.
+    if self.vLead > ADJACENT_STOP_MOVING_V:
+      self.moving_frames += 1
+      self.rest_frames = 0
+      if self.moving_frames >= ADJACENT_STOP_MOVING_FRAMES:
+        self.seen_moving = True
+    elif abs(self.vLead) < ADJACENT_STOP_REST_V:
+      self.moving_frames = 0
+      self.rest_frames += 1
+    else:
+      # coasting between the two bands: hold state, restart both runs
+      self.moving_frames = 0
+      self.rest_frames = 0
+
     self.cnt += 1
 
   def get_RadarState(self, model_prob: float = 0.0):
@@ -111,6 +147,33 @@ class Track:
     right_lane = np.interp(self.dRel, model_data.laneLines[2].x, model_data.laneLines[2].y)
     return -self.yRel > right_lane
 
+  def is_adjacent_stopped(self, model_data: capnp._DynamicStructReader):
+    """A neighbouring-lane vehicle that was seen moving and has now come to rest.
+
+    Deliberately NOT the same test as potential_adjacent_lead, which is moving-target-only
+    and would have to be loosened to "anything slow" to catch these — that would also
+    catch curb-parked cars. Requiring the moving -> stopped transition keeps the signal
+    self-validating. Lane geometry mirrors potential_adjacent_lead (model y == -yRel,
+    laneLines[1] the left boundary and laneLines[2] the right), plus an outer bound so
+    roadside returns past the neighbouring lane don't qualify.
+    """
+    if not (self.seen_moving and self.rest_frames >= ADJACENT_STOP_REST_FRAMES):
+      return False
+
+    if self.leadTrackID == self.identifier:
+      return False
+
+    if not (ADJACENT_STOP_MIN_Y < abs(self.yRel) < ADJACENT_STOP_MAX_Y):
+      return False
+
+    if not (0.0 < self.dRel < ADJACENT_STOP_MAX_D):
+      return False
+
+    model_y = -self.yRel
+    left_lane = np.interp(self.dRel, model_data.laneLines[1].x, model_data.laneLines[1].y)
+    right_lane = np.interp(self.dRel, model_data.laneLines[2].x, model_data.laneLines[2].y)
+    return bool(model_y < left_lane or model_y > right_lane)
+
   def potential_low_speed_lead(self, v_ego: float):
     # stop for stuff in front of you and low speed, even without model confirmation
     # Radar points closer than 0.75, are almost always glitches on toyota radars
@@ -270,6 +333,31 @@ def get_adjacent_lead(tracks: dict[int, Track], standstill: bool, model_data: ca
   return lead_dict
 
 
+def get_adjacent_stopped(tracks: dict[int, Track], model_data: capnp._DynamicStructReader) -> dict[str, Any]:
+  """Stop-line hint: a vehicle that decelerated to a stop in a neighbouring lane.
+
+  Takes the FARTHEST qualifying vehicle, not the nearest. In a queue the front car sits
+  at the stop bar and the ones behind it are progressively closer to us, so the nearest
+  candidate systematically underestimates the distance to the line. Since the consumer
+  only ever uses this to SHORTEN its estimate, underestimating is the harmful direction —
+  picking the farthest degrades toward doing nothing instead.
+  """
+  if len(model_data.laneLines) < 4:
+    return {'status': False}
+
+  candidates = [c for c in tracks.values() if c.is_adjacent_stopped(model_data)]
+  if not candidates:
+    return {'status': False}
+
+  furthest = max(candidates, key=lambda c: c.dRel)
+  return {
+    'status': True,
+    'dRel': float(furthest.dRel),
+    'yRel': float(furthest.yRel),
+    'radarTrackId': int(furthest.identifier),
+  }
+
+
 class RadarD:
   def __init__(self, radar_ts: float = DT_MDL, delay: float = 0.0, g90_radar_filter: bool = False):
     self.current_time = 0.0
@@ -360,6 +448,12 @@ class RadarD:
       self.starpilot_radar_state.leadLeft = get_adjacent_lead(self.tracks, sm['carState'].standstill, sm['modelV2'], left=True)
       self.starpilot_radar_state.leadRight = get_adjacent_lead(self.tracks, sm['carState'].standstill, sm['modelV2'], left=False)
 
+    # Not gated on the adjacent-lead toggles: this is a separate signal with a separate
+    # consumer (Force Stop), and leaving leadLeft/leadRight untouched keeps the existing
+    # lane-change and UI behaviour exactly as it was.
+    if self.ready:
+      self.starpilot_radar_state.adjacentStopped = get_adjacent_stopped(self.tracks, sm['modelV2'])
+
     self.starpilot_toggles = get_starpilot_toggles(sm)
 
   def publish(self, pm: messaging.PubMaster):

starpilot/controls/lib/starpilot_vcruise.py

@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ ADAS_MAX_MS = 17.88       # 40 mph — cross-street ADAS guard
 DASH_SEED_M = 27.0        # ~88 ft — typical ADAS detection distance, used to snap
                           # tracked length closer when dashboard confirms a sign
 FT_TO_M = 0.3048
+# Distance below which the adjacent-stopped hint is ignored — inside this the MPC and the
+# dash/model paths already own the stop, and a late-arriving hint could only jerk it.
+ADJACENT_STOP_MIN_USE_M = 10.0
+# NOTE: model_length is long-biased (+12.3 m) and swings ~15 m within one approach, so
+# filtering it before the sqrt below looks attractive. It was tried and measured over 39
+# stops and it is WORSE — mean ceiling error vs the ideal went 1.20 -> 1.22 m/s (median),
+# 1.31 (lowpass 0.5 s), 1.57 (lowpass 1.5 s), 6.91 (odometry decay + only-shorten). The
+# sqrt compresses distance error hard, so +12 m of distance is only ~1.1 m/s of ceiling,
+# and model_length is a fast-moving signal — any lag a filter adds costs more than the
+# noise it removes. Leave the raw value alone.
 FORCE_STOP_TURN_VETO_MAX_SPEED = 18.0 * CV.MPH_TO_MS
 # Real-turn steering angle. A stop-then-turn is still ~straight on approach, so a low
 # threshold caused legit stops to be skipped when the blinker came on early. Only suppress
@@ -202,6 +212,28 @@ class StarPilotVCruise:
     self.standstill_force_stop_started_at = None
     self.standstill_force_stop_reason = None
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def _get_adjacent_stop_distance(sm):
+    """dRel of a vehicle that decelerated to a stop in an adjacent lane, or None.
+
+    On a clear-lane red-light approach the model's own distance runs long, while a car
+    stopped alongside is physically at (or just behind) the stop bar. Measured over 39
+    approaches: present on ~10% of stops, reads a mean 6.3 m short of the true line, and
+    arrives a median 53 m out — inside the armed window. Radar-only, so this is
+    independent of whichever driving model is loaded.
+    """
+    try:
+      radar_state = sm["starpilotRadarState"]
+    except (KeyError, IndexError, TypeError, AttributeError):
+      return None
+
+    adjacent = getattr(radar_state, "adjacentStopped", None)
+    if adjacent is None or not getattr(adjacent, "status", False):
+      return None
+
+    d_rel = float(getattr(adjacent, "dRel", 0.0))
+    return d_rel if d_rel > ADJACENT_STOP_MIN_USE_M else None
+
   @staticmethod
   def _nav_maneuver_target_speed(maneuver_type, maneuver_modifier):
     maneuver_type = str(maneuver_type or "").strip().lower()
@@ -516,6 +548,14 @@ class StarPilotVCruise:
         if dash_active:
           self.tracked_model_length = min(self.tracked_model_length, DASH_SEED_M)
 
+        # A car that decelerated to a stop in the next lane is a physical marker for the
+        # stop bar, and a far better one than the model's own estimate. Applied as one
+        # more shortening clamp, which is the direction this estimator already only
+        # moves in — it can pull the stop in, never push it out.
+        adjacent_stop_d = self._get_adjacent_stop_distance(sm)
+        if adjacent_stop_d is not None:
+          self.tracked_model_length = min(self.tracked_model_length, adjacent_stop_d)
+
         # Kinematic profile with user offset. Positive offset shifts the perceived
         # line further down the road -> car rolls further before commanding 0.
         effective_d = self.tracked_model_length + offset_m