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I have experienced that VW ice warning. It was awful. First of all, the possibility of ice is obvious. No warning is needed. That is just silly. Second of all

• lervag 7y ago
  > First of all, the possibility of ice is obvious. No warning is needed. That is just silly. Partly correct. Yes, the possibility may be in part obvious by conditions such as temperature. But I think most people who are used to driving on icy conditions can tell you that the ice may still come as a surprise. A system that could _reliably_ warn about slippery conditions would be good.
• theluketaylor 7y ago
  my car does the exact same thing and it's easily dumbest feature a modern car has ever had. It's Canada in January, of course ice is possible. The alert goes off at a random time up to 15 minutes into a journey. Since it's audible you think something really serious has happened and now focus is not on the road but trying to figure out which tire has punctured or if a connecting rod is protruding from the engine block. Then you remember the stupid ice warning and are reminded how much you hate the alert, meanwhile in your distracted state you have driven into the ditch. Somewhere where it snows once every 3 years it might be helpful. When you live in a place with real winter it actually makes you less safe since your brain has to spend time processing the alert for a condition that's obvious since the entire horizon is covered in a blanket of snow.