Drivers complain crash prevention technology is actually causing crashes

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Drivers complain crash prevention technology is actually causing crashes

Gillis · Addicted!

My wifes Volvo suv has it and I absolutely despise it. Hers has the auto braking, lane control where it keeps it in the lane if it detects veering, etc, etc. When driving it feels like it is fighting you do steer and wanting to go where IT wants to go, no you.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Yes, our 16 Civic has all that stuff. Probably some of the earliest versions for Honda.

When in adaptive cruise, it's tried to swerve and apply the brakes when simply pressing the gas to pass another car on the highway, right when I needed to really get up and going. I fought it out. This has happened a few times when it doesnt like the approaching speed, the closness ot the other car and whatever else. But I do have to say, but for those few times it's been a very good system, and has more than a few times saved my butt from ploughing into stopped traffic ahead.

Sounds like the car in the article has somthing wrong in the computer and sytems.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

We've had it a couple of times on rental cars and I hate it. Either it needs to be the car in control or the driver in control but to me it doesn't work when you're supposed to split the driving duties.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

The could improve it by de-nannying. It's a bit over intrusive imop.

But I would bet it's saved more than it's killed. We see the road is full of uninvolved people these days. But in saying that, perhaps this feature is making these drivers worse over time. Hmm.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Like daytime running lights that has spawned a generation of drivers that don't think to turn on their lights (they come on automatically, don't they ?!). Accident avoidance will do likewise.

On my car there are many features including self-parking (never tried it because I have a manual) but I can turn it off if I don't want it. On long tiring drives I leave the nanny on as a second line of defence.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

On my Genesis it saved my life when a gravel truck pulled out onto the highway ahead of me, I never could have stopped the car in that distance and so smoothly. I love the hands free driving too, i don't use it that much but on long trios you sometimes need both hands to do something, like eat or drink, then there is lane assist which is awesome to keep you dead centre in lane, blind spot detection, I love it all. I do get frustrated when the radar senses a slower car ahead and slows you down BUT switching lanes solves that usually.

On my Corvette I hate it because it so instructive, really fights you back but I leave it on because the ASR system is worth keeping me out of telephone poles and 4 wheel drifts and rides in ambulances,

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

No doubt there is a balance. With low-mounted forward sensors sometimes they sense real stuff ahead that you can't see. Air bags have saved countess lives, but they have also senselessly killed people as well.

In a Corvette it is good to have these various driver-assist systems in place. When you lose it one of those you are going way too fast for recovery. Even just pouring it on off the lights without traction control can go sideways quickly. Oh, but those menacing servo-actuated gate blockers for the manual-shift C4 Corvettes in order to squeak them through CAFE without a guzzler tax. Grrr.