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I have a 2022 BMW X4 and it handles it really well. It actually prevented me from rear-ending someone earlier this year. I have never had it kick in "accidental
by jacurtis 4y ago
I have a 2022 BMW X4 and it handles it really well. It actually prevented me from rear-ending someone earlier this year. I have never had it kick in "accidentally".
The lane departure can be slightly more aggressive. It generally works very well, but I have had a few cases where old road lines (think construction zone) caused it to veer into oncoming traffic. It has happened twice. Luckily I keep my hands on the steering wheel and it feels the resistance and submits to my judgement. But for all those people that drive with their knees or text while driving, it could be problematic.
I'm comparing this to a 2020 F-150 Platinum that I had previously. It's automatic braking was awful. It had false alarms constantly. The lane departure was equally horrible. I find it interesting that the article pointed out how specifically terrible pickup trucks are with automatic braking technology and I thought back to my F-150. Since the F150 is the most common truck on the road (actually the most common vehicle in America period), I wonder how much of that statistic is being dragged down by Ford's terrible technology alone. Everyone I know with that on an F150 has turned it off because its so bad.
I think the brand and implementation of this technology is very brand-specific. I have driven my parent's 2021 VW Atlas quite a bit which is equipped with both technologies and it is "fine". Not great and not bad. I've seen a few false alarms already in the shorter amount of time I have been in it. They were constant in the Ford and I have yet to experience one after 12 months of daily driving in the BMW.
- coredog64 4y agoPickups are hard to get right. If you’re larping with an empty truck, the tail end is likely to come unglued if you brake too hard. If you tune it for normies, then loaded trucks will have longer stopping distances.
- MarcoZavala 4y ago