I got a new car last month. I have been driving to work and back and not much more. But I have noticed that the steering has been pulling at certain points. I thought maybe it wasn't aligned properly...
It pings at me if I am not in the centre of a marked lane.
Last night it slammed the brakes on when something ran over the road in the dark.
I live rurally.
I don't like not being in charge of the car.
I have been driving for 30 years and have never had any accidents.
I feel unsafe in this thing.
If someone had been behind me last night in a non smug car,there would have been an accident. I wasn't being safe, because the car took over!
Looking online it seems they make it hard to turn the systems off.
Am I just a dinosaur that needs to get with the technology?
AIBU?
To hate that the car decides how to drive?
Pouffeycat · 18/03/2023 12:58
LikeTearsInRain · 18/03/2023 13:02
The keeping in the centre of your lane is called Lane Keep Assist (LKA) or similar. Mine turns off at the push of a button to the right of my steering wheel. Consult your vehicle manual. It’s likely to be easier to turn on and off in an instant than you’d imagine.
Automatic Emergency Breaking (AEB) I’m not sure if this is easily disabled or not on most vehicles. However it will rarely happen and is quite an obvious safety benefit surely, if you don’t react in time? Not a big deal
Bingbangbongbash · 18/03/2023 13:24
Yeah, you’re a dinosaur. Active safety features like this save lives. Why would you turn off things designed to keep you and other road users safe? You’ll adapt to them quickly.
LaurieFairyCake · 18/03/2023 13:30
I don't understand AT ALL how the insurance for this works if it brakes for you to prevent you running over a squirrel but the car behind SLAMS into the back of you
Insurance would find YOU in the wrong - yes, I know you're supposed to leave a safe distance to the car in front but if they've got a camera and it sees you emergency braking from 60>0 for a squirrel YOU will be found at fault !
Bingbangbongbash · 18/03/2023 13:24
Yeah, you’re a dinosaur. Active safety features like this save lives. Why would you turn off things designed to keep you and other road users safe? You’ll adapt to them quickly.
Boomboom22 · 18/03/2023 13:32
If it's hard braking for rabbits etc you would be held accountable for stopping, you are meant to drive on if traffic behind for anything smaller than a dog. Weird rule but it's the highway code. So not very safe!
Bingbangbongbash · 18/03/2023 13:24
Yeah, you’re a dinosaur. Active safety features like this save lives. Why would you turn off things designed to keep you and other road users safe? You’ll adapt to them quickly.
Bingbangbongbash · 18/03/2023 13:24
Yeah, you’re a dinosaur. Active safety features like this save lives. Why would you turn off things designed to keep you and other road users safe? You’ll adapt to them quickly.
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Quveas · 18/03/2023 13:35
Maybe because she can drive? I have mine turned off because I can drive, and have been doing so incident free for nearly 50 years. I don't need to become dependant on a computer for road safety. Computers malfunction. I am not opposed to people who might feel more secure with such things, but name calling someone because they don't fit into your narrow view of acceptable is nasty.
Bingbangbongbash · 18/03/2023 13:24
Yeah, you’re a dinosaur. Active safety features like this save lives. Why would you turn off things designed to keep you and other road users safe? You’ll adapt to them quickly.
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