• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is probably the best thing about lane assist on modern cars.

    Absolutely not. It’s fucking dangerous. The one time I drove a rental like that, I went through a construction area downtown, and it tried to steer me right into a construction fence when I was following the yellow temporary construction lane markers that were going around the fenced off area.

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        4 months ago

        A car nudging you towards an accident is dangerous, even if it’s not forcing you into an accident.

        An unnecessary distraction that needs active attention in a chaotic situation is a bad thing, bad driver or not. And yeah, there are many bad drivers out there. Cars should be designed to be driven by bad drivers, not armchair experts.

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          4 months ago

          Why not just have expert bus drivers and as few cars as possible by having proper driving tests. (looking at the US)

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            4 months ago

            Yeah, but that’s a whole 'nother topic.

            I live in a country with proper driving tests, but most drivers (myself included) are still shit at driving. Even professional bus drivers are limited humans.

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              4 months ago

              I agree, but still fewer drivers should be an improvement for safety and climate and one day maybe most roads could be replaced by train tracks with bike lanes on either side.

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        4 months ago

        What if their arms are just really weak, you do have to turn the wheel slightly more than normal.

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          4 months ago

          If their arms are so weak as to be unable to overpower the lane-assist nudge, I really hope for everyone’s sake, that they are not behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. The ‘nudge’ isn’t strong in any sense of the word. You can overpower it with two fingers if squeezed tight. My semi truck had lane and steer assist, which nudged a little harder to steer the truck back into the lane, but that, too, could be overcome with a tight two-fingers grip.