VarmintCong
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Thanks, I mainly want the last one for exactly as you said, was just curious about the others. I've had a few brake pedal to the floor near misses now that I drive so much.I'm on my fifth Honda vehicle with Honda Sensing. For better or worse, it works virtually the same in all of them. As far as the individual features go:
Adaptive Cruise Control - LOVE it for relaxed, safe, convenient driving on two-lane roads when I'm stuck behind slower-moving traffic. Aggressive drivers who follow too closely in the city or on congested highways often complain about it. It's easy to switch to "regular" cruise control, though.
Lane Keeping Assist System - It often misinterprets faint or non-existent road markings or misses obvious ones and slowly oscillates from side to side. I've found it useful for "grabbing the wheel" for a few seconds while I'm sneezing and blowing my nose, but not much else. In my experience, it's a novelty at best and I rarely use it.
Road Departure Mitigation - Although I might do it on my way home today, I've yet to run off the road in 30 years of driving because I pay attention. I have to turn RDM off because it sometimes incorrectly interprets differences in pavement color, long gouges, or worn lanes as the edge of the road and will annoyingly tug on the steering wheel thinking that I've left my lane.
Automatic High Beams - Very convenient feature. It's not perfect, but it's often more attentive than I am at choosing between low and high beams. Sometimes, I'll forget to switch to high beam when I should or, less rarely, forget to dim when approaching oncoming traffic.
Collision Mitigation Braking System - I believe this is the most valuable feature of Honda Sensing. Hopefully, you'll never need it, but none of us are as good or attentive of drivers as we believe we are. We're human and we make mistakes. CMBS can also see through heavy snow and thick fog because of the radar - we can't, so it could very well save your life. So far, I've yet to cause a wreck, but shortly after I bought my first vehicle with Honda Sensing - a 2016 CR-V Touring - I was foolishly distracted by the radio while driving down a two-lane road at 55 MPH when all of the sudden, the vehicle started beeping then quickly came to a full stop. By the time my brain processed the occurrence, I looked up and saw a red Pontiac Grand Prix stopped in the road waiting to turn into a driveway. I simply failed to see the vehicle. The CMBS feature saved a lot of expense and possibly lives that day. I never want another vehicle with it. It has braked unexpectedly a few times over the years, but almost always it's in situations where I shouldn't have been following so closely such as when behind vehicles that have slowed to turn into parking lots.
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