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Somewhat related to this thread and topic ... I'm driving a rental car right now and its the first time I've driven a car with a lane-assist feature (sensors h
by breatheoften 8y ago
Somewhat related to this thread and topic ... I'm driving a rental car right now and its the first time I've driven a car with a lane-assist feature (sensors help steer car back into lane when drifting out of lane). In France you are supposed to give 1.5m margin when passing a cyclist so I drifted left and out of my lane to pass - and really freaked out when the lane assist feature kicked in and steered me aggressively back toward the bicyclist...
I think I could have avoided this situation by turning on the left-turn signal to disable the lane-assist and generally its a good idea to use the indicator even when just passing a bike -- but that's not something I normally need to do to avoid this particular failure mode ...
- de_watcher 8y ago> I think I could have avoided this situation by turning on the left-turn signal That's exactly what you had to do according to the regulations.
- gubbrora 8y agoPeople shouldn't drive drunk, but disabling the airbag when the driver is drunk is not acceptable.
- de_watcher 8y agoWell, LKA would actually help to stay in lane while drunk, no? That thing has a good default that is still overridable by the brute force (force that's less than the force needed to steer if the power assist fails altogether).
- gubbrora 8y agoMy point is that unexpected hazards when people break regulations is a problem. Because people will break regulations.
- alistairSH 8y agoYeah, that's the way it works on my dad's Subaru. The adaptive cruise control in my VW actually gets confused sometimes. Drove through a puddle at the beach last year and it jammed on the brakes. Glad nobody rear-ended me.