A little scare with Lane Departure

[sparks]

Cloudy, dry, daytime, good long distance visibility.

Besides, bad weather would have actually saved me, maybe... it "wouldn't have (mis)detected the markings"

The vehicle should be able to know it can see or if it can't see. It shouldn't ever wonder about what it's seeing and slam on the brakes just in case - that's just bad programming.

This makes me worry about all the other car companies that are dipping into this technology as well...and when mistakes happen they're going to cause a lot of trouble (and lives) for car companies and car owners.

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[PS3]

This makes me worry about all the other car companies that are dipping into this technology as well...and when mistakes happen they're going to cause a lot of trouble (and lives) for car companies and car owners.

Yep - see this article. Most cars will have this soon enough: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/17/11253656/nhtsa-iihs-automatic-emergency-braking-agreement-2022

 

[RedTouringMA]

I turned LDW off as soon as I got my car. Between the non stop construction in Massachusetts, and the narrow back roads, its a pain in the butt to use it. When I drive through the back roads it's always going off warning me I am departing from my lane, when in fact I am not.

 

[Billy4202]

I turned LDW off as soon as I got my car. Between the non stop construction in Massachusetts, and the narrow back roads, its a pain in the butt to use it. When I drive through the back roads it's always going off warning me I am departing from my lane, when in fact I am not.

Oddly, I kinda hated the feature in the beginning and never used it the first two months of ownership; the last month or so it's been more useful. I live in a valley between two mountain ranges, with random winds at times. Quite useful to nudge you back into your lane then.

But on two-lane back roads, too many false positives, I agree.

 

[RedTouringMA]

Oddly, I kinda hated the feature in the beginning and never used it the first two months of ownership; the last month or so it's been more useful. I live in a valley between two mountain ranges, with random winds at times. Quite useful to nudge you back into your lane then.

But on two-lane back roads, too many false positives, I agree.

Since I have to drive the back road every day to get to the highway for my commute, it would drive me nuts to have to turn it on and off, so I just leave it off. I found the adaptive cruise to be a PIA too, clearly they don't know how Massachusetts people drive LOL People cutting me off, car slams on the brakes, guy behind me nearly rearends me, it was a nightmare

 

[Billy4202]

Since I have to drive the back road every day to get to the highway for my commute, it would drive me nuts to have to turn it on and off, so I just leave it off. I found the adaptive cruise to be a PIA too, clearly they don't know how Massachusetts people drive LOL People cutting me off, car slams on the brakes, guy behind me nearly rearends me, it was a nightmare

Same. ACC is fine on an empty-ish highway, but loaded up with all of the high-strung people driving with 1/2 a car length between them at 75+ MPH...people get pissed. I had someone flip me off before because ACC is so brake heavy.

 

[RedTouringMA]

Same. ACC is fine on an empty-ish highway, but loaded up with all of the high-strung people driving with 1/2 a car length between them at 75+ MPH...people get pissed. I had someone flip me off before because ACC is so brake heavy.

Yeah scared the he'll out of me the first time it happened. When I got home first thing I did was figure out how to shut it off. It comes in handy for low speed cruise control in stop and go traffic, but other than that, no way

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