The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 05:47 last edited by
There is this “safety feature” that attempts to detect if the driver is sitting upright with his/her eyes open and looking forward, and the car beeps if it cannot “detect” the driver’s eyes looking forward. Problem is the implementation results in too many false negatives — they car keep beeping even when the driver really is sitting up and alert with his/her eyes looking forward, and the beeping becomes a distraction to the driver. Worse, there is no way to disable this supposed “safety feature.”
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 07:04 last edited by
Mine does that too. Usually a few times on every longish drive.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 08:32 last edited by Klaus 3 Dec 2025, 08:33
I've got to keep that in mind the next time I buy a car:
No annoying safety features
No ads on my screen
Real door handles, doors that can be opened with a physical key
Real buttons for the most important functions (e.g. my partner drives a new Mercedes and volume can only be controlled with a touchscreen slider - so annoying!).
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 12:49 last edited by
Our 2017 Terrain (now daughter's) had all these lane departure warnings that were oversensitive and quite annoying. I turned them off.
It's part of a trend of technology trying to "help" you and it's aggravating. I see it all the time in software. Ugh.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 13:13 last edited by
My problem with the auto-braking is you can't just disable it once. You can disable it, but it turns itself back on every time you start the car. And it's several levels deep in the screen menu.
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My problem with the auto-braking is you can't just disable it once. You can disable it, but it turns itself back on every time you start the car. And it's several levels deep in the screen menu.
wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 13:27 last edited by@jon-nyc said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
My problem with the auto-braking is you can't just disable it once. You can disable it, but it turns itself back on every time you start the car. And it's several levels deep in the screen menu.
Not on our Honda. There’s a button on the dash. Same for the lane departure. What I dislike about them is the all or nothing approach. It would be useful to get a beep if I am drifting, it’s another thing to have the steering wheel start to fight me a little.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 13:53 last edited by
I can disable the lane nanny with a button on the dash. And I can stop the beeping when something is nearby with a button on the dash (thank god since I have a bike rack on the trailer hitch half the year). But not the auto braking.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 13:55 last edited by
I wish they'd put lane warning on semis. One just about ran me off the road Monday night.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 15:28 last edited by
More tech and distraction is bad
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 15:30 last edited by
@Mik said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
I wish they'd put lane warning on semis. One just about ran me off the road Monday night.
I had to rent a U-Haul last Saturday to transport 8 digital pianos. The lack of even a backup camera or back sensors was really surprising.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 18:47 last edited by
@Mik said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
I wish they'd put lane warning on semis. One just about ran me off the road Monday night.
They don't need one.
You moved, didn't you?
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 19:12 last edited by
I’m pretty tech adverse. Did I read touch screens were being banned for new vehicles in Europe come 2026? I’m holding tight with my 2014 Honda til it falls apart.
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@Mik said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
I wish they'd put lane warning on semis. One just about ran me off the road Monday night.
They don't need one.
You moved, didn't you?
wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 19:44 last edited by@Jolly said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
@Mik said in The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts:
I wish they'd put lane warning on semis. One just about ran me off the road Monday night.
They don't need one.
You moved, didn't you?
Quickly, yes.