I drive newer cars occasionally as part of a carshare program since I don’t need one for a commute and I live somewhere in North America that transit actually functions.
I do appreciate anti-rear end features but it’s only activated once for me on a bridge since I’m usually leaving plenty of distance in front. But holy cow, the nagginess of some features can be beyond the level of your average backseat driver. In particular because they are persistent.
Yes car, I know I’m a bit on the shoulder line because it’s a mountain pass and tractor trailers are roaring down in the oncoming direction. Yes car, I see that the vehicle in front of me has started moving away, but I’m not going to follow them left turning into traffic because of it you bonehead…
I always turn lane assist off because it is all false positives with no benefit. It isn’t needed because I’m paying attention while driving…
I drive newer cars occasionally as part of a carshare program since I don’t need one for a commute and I live somewhere in North America that transit actually functions.
I do appreciate anti-rear end features but it’s only activated once for me on a bridge since I’m usually leaving plenty of distance in front. But holy cow, the nagginess of some features can be beyond the level of your average backseat driver. In particular because they are persistent.
Yes car, I know I’m a bit on the shoulder line because it’s a mountain pass and tractor trailers are roaring down in the oncoming direction. Yes car, I see that the vehicle in front of me has started moving away, but I’m not going to follow them left turning into traffic because of it you bonehead…
No way to turn that crap off? Newest car I’ve ever owned is a 2011, had to rip out Onstar, but that was easy.