Conor
Senior Member
- First Name
- Conor
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2020
- Threads
- 4
- Messages
- 78
- Reaction score
- 134
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Civic Si Sedan
I'm not the biggest fan of the Honda Sensing Suite:
1. The adaptive cruise control leaves waaaaay too much space. Even on it's closest setting the gap it leaves just invites people to cut in front of you. I would cut in front of me with that much of a gap! I've only used it a couple of times when traffic is very light. In general I just use the standard cruise control.
2. The lane keep assist is frequently confused if the road markings aren't pristine. There are a number of areas on my highway commute where the road has numerous cracks filled with the black road stuff, and lane keep assist can't seem to make sense of it all. I no longer use LKAS.
3. The road departure mitigation/lane departure warning has the IQ of a baked potato. It also gets confused by anything other than pristine lane markings, constantly warning me that I'm out of my lane and vibrating the steering wheel, even when I am in my lane. Cross over a line when a turn lane begins - warning and vibration. Move over slightly to pass a cyclist - warning and vibration. Like, you have a camera too - don't you see the f'ing cyclist that's causing me to move over! I personally hate any non-road related movement of the steering wheel. It has sometimes warned me that I'm leaving my lane AFTER I have turned on my signal to change lanes!
4. The forward collision warning might be the least annoying, but is still too sensitive in my opinion (and I have it on "low"). Pass a little too closely to the car in front of you (especially if passing on the right) and it's gonna be talking to you.
In summary, these safety features are only helpful if they don't frequently annoy the driver (me) who then turns them off, defeating the very purpose of having them.
Otherwise, I LOVE my Si!
1. The adaptive cruise control leaves waaaaay too much space. Even on it's closest setting the gap it leaves just invites people to cut in front of you. I would cut in front of me with that much of a gap! I've only used it a couple of times when traffic is very light. In general I just use the standard cruise control.
2. The lane keep assist is frequently confused if the road markings aren't pristine. There are a number of areas on my highway commute where the road has numerous cracks filled with the black road stuff, and lane keep assist can't seem to make sense of it all. I no longer use LKAS.
3. The road departure mitigation/lane departure warning has the IQ of a baked potato. It also gets confused by anything other than pristine lane markings, constantly warning me that I'm out of my lane and vibrating the steering wheel, even when I am in my lane. Cross over a line when a turn lane begins - warning and vibration. Move over slightly to pass a cyclist - warning and vibration. Like, you have a camera too - don't you see the f'ing cyclist that's causing me to move over! I personally hate any non-road related movement of the steering wheel. It has sometimes warned me that I'm leaving my lane AFTER I have turned on my signal to change lanes!
4. The forward collision warning might be the least annoying, but is still too sensitive in my opinion (and I have it on "low"). Pass a little too closely to the car in front of you (especially if passing on the right) and it's gonna be talking to you.
In summary, these safety features are only helpful if they don't frequently annoy the driver (me) who then turns them off, defeating the very purpose of having them.
Otherwise, I LOVE my Si!
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