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Anecdata: I have a 2019 Subaru Forester with Eyesight (lane keeping and adaptive cruise) and Driver Monitoring System (beeps whenever you look away from the ro

by kawfey 6y ago

Anecdata: I have a 2019 Subaru Forester with Eyesight (lane keeping and adaptive cruise) and Driver Monitoring System (beeps whenever you look away from the road and automatically adjusts seat and mirror settings based on facial recognition). Compared to other systems it's far from perfect (it bounces between lane lines, it often looses track of the lanes even in good lighting), it doesn't always see the car in front of you especially if it's stopped or out of lane) but every time I drive it I find myself feeling safer to look around at my surroundings a lot more, especially my rear. I've saved my rear-end from two near misses, and countless reckless and speeding drivers because I look at my mirrors so much more frequently. At the same time I find myself looking out of the side windows at the scenery, until the driver monitoring system beeps at me to keep my eyes on the road. It has performed automatic emergency braking a few times because I wasn't keeping an eye on the car stopping in front of me.

jeffbee 6y ago
The one thing that really works for me is the speed/cruise control. I find that setting it takes my mind off watching the speed limit and gives me more time to look around for people who are crossing the street etc. When I recently bought a new car I eliminated some cars from consideration because they refuse to engage their speed controls at city speeds. I don't really understand why Toyota, as an example, refuses to engage the speed control below 45 km/h. My old VW would allow setting the speed control at any speed, even at a walking speed in 1st gear on a manual transmission.
Cd00d 6y ago
Huh. I have a 2021 Outback with Eyesight. I don't think it does any facial monitoring. The lane-keeping is more aggressive than the 2017 model I had previously, but beeps at me for not being hands-on enough. As far as I can tell, this definition of "hands-on" means slightly fighting with the steering wheel at regular intervals.

by kawfey 6y ago

jeffbee 6y ago

The one thing that really works for me is the speed/cruise control. I find that setting it takes my mind off watching the speed limit and gives me more time to look around for people who are crossing the street etc. When I recently bought a new car I eliminated some cars from consideration because they refuse to engage their speed controls at city speeds. I don't really understand why Toyota, as an example, refuses to engage the speed control below 45 km/h. My old VW would allow setting the speed control at any speed, even at a walking speed in 1st gear on a manual transmission.

Cd00d 6y ago

Huh. I have a 2021 Outback with Eyesight. I don't think it does any facial monitoring. The lane-keeping is more aggressive than the 2017 model I had previously, but beeps at me for not being hands-on enough. As far as I can tell, this definition of "hands-on" means slightly fighting with the steering wheel at regular intervals.