sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOne In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Liveswww.carscoops.comexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down134
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkOne In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Liveswww.carscoops.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square190fedilink
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·21 hours agoMy only experience with a car that had lane-keeping assist was that the car actively tried to kill me by steering me into oncoming traffic. That car also thought I was sleeping when I wore sunglasses and again tried to kill me by scaring me with the loudest beep to ‘wake me up’ again. If that is how well this tech works it is not adding any safety. Quite the opposite actually. I also really started to wonder how bad the government ageny that tests these cars operates to certify this safety risk on wheels.
My only experience with a car that had lane-keeping assist was that the car actively tried to kill me by steering me into oncoming traffic.
That car also thought I was sleeping when I wore sunglasses and again tried to kill me by scaring me with the loudest beep to ‘wake me up’ again.
If that is how well this tech works it is not adding any safety. Quite the opposite actually.
I also really started to wonder how bad the government ageny that tests these cars operates to certify this safety risk on wheels.