6mo ago

I can't disagree.

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My car makes it slightly difficult to change lanes if I don't signal, some resistance on the steering wheel and a warning beep beep beep that I'm "drifting." There are some terrible roads around here that confuse the sensors so I do a bit of steering wheel arm wrestling now and then just to keep going straight.
- That is why I turned lane assist off after a dozen false positives that felt like the car was going to steer me into danger with no benefits.
  Parking assist got turned off when parking in a garage set off a cacophony.
  
  It was when I was holding leftmost lane position passing a semi and it beeped and tried to steer me into said semi that I decided it can fuck off for ever lol
  
  It does that on highways with cyclist too
  
  Well of course, nobody elses life matters really! /s
  
  In my experience, lane assist is pretty good on the highways, and actively terrible everywhere else.
  The only "feature" I hated more than lane assist was hill start assist. Chirped my tires, or stalled completely, on every fucking hill.
  
  Do you have trouble staying in your lane on the highway?
  That's the easiest place to stay in a lane.
  
  Lane assist seems to agree with you. It is only able to do its job on the highway. Elsewhere, it actively seeks head-on collisions.
  
  Its job is apparently making up for lazy people who can't pay attention to the multi ton vehicle they are driving.
  
  How strong is the lane assist in your car? If I was weak enough to even be bothered by the lane assist in my car, I'd figure it was time to stop driving. It certainly has never come close to overriding my steering.
  
  Ever drive on a construction zone where they've started to rip up pavement and half the lane is an inch higher than the other half? Ever change lanes into that lane, and feel the steering fight you or lurch as you cross that lip?
  The problem isn't the strength needed to overcome the lane assist. It's easy to fight it. The problem comes when you know you are well centered in the lane. But, all the sudden, you're being pushed left or right, and you have to quickly determine whether you're feeling uneven pavement. Or maybe a tie rod end or a ball joint has some slop in it. Maybe the power steering pump is leaking and running dry. Or, maybe the fucking lane assist thinks a strip of tar in the middle of the lane is a lane marker, and it wants me to cross the centerline.
  The problem isn't whether or not I can take it in a fair fight. The problem is that it throws a punch.
  
  Well, that's kind of what I'm saying. That's insane. In my truck I wouldn't even describe the lane assist as a nudge. It's just barely enough to be perceivable. Certainly nothing that's going to make me question anything other than if I'm over the line.
  
  You've become conditioned to consider a "nudge" to be lane assist helpfully pushing on the steering wheel, to move you toward the center of the lane. Your muscle memory reacts to such a nudge by accepting it, allowing it.
  30 years of driving has conditioned me to consider a "nudge" to be an indication that something is pushing on the car, moving me away from where I intend to be. My muscle memory reacts to such a nudge by immediately arresting that push and reversing it.
  
  No, I haven't been conditioned into anything. 38 years of driving taught me to be able to tell what is happening because I'm aware of the road. I know I didn't just drive off the edge of the road, because I know where the road is and I know where my tires are.
  I've had lane assist in my truck for 2 years and I learned what it feels like. However, it's clear that different manufacturers implemented it differently. All I can say is, it appears Honda got it right.
  
  Different cars have different levels of pushing back. My in laws' Subaru twisted hard like bumping a curb while my Honda was a slight bit of resistance.
  
  The wheel jerking makes me think that I'm losing control and is extremely distracting.
  It isn't about losing tug of war, it is about losing focus.
- I hate all that. Bro I hate of my mouse sensor has angle snapping, prediction, acceleration, or smoothing.
  I loathe the concept of electronic throttle bodies and anything after 2005 has them. I don't want my car to get to think about it after I press the throttle. Air now! Goddamn asthmatic cars. I don't even want a manual transmission.

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