Reply to: Driver assist cars

[vetran]

Thats my motto when choosing wives.

I heard you liked em the looser the better but I thought that was about morals & standards

[RetSet]

One thing this does help explain is the number of cars that do not pull in after overtaking. With the lack of police on the roads, presumably more and more cars just head for the outside lane(or the one next to it), tell the car to do 60mph and fall asleep.

FIFY

[BrilloPad]

Don't park in tight spaces.

Thats my motto when choosing wives.

[WTFH]

Huh, when you have experienced the loveliness of parking your car in a tight multistory car park with a little screen on your keyfob, it is hard to go back.

Don't park in tight spaces.

(T5 short stay ground floor near end, always plenty of room)

[clearedforlanding]

I can live with odd


I think my car has park assist but never used it as my view is if you can't park it don't drive it!

Huh, when you have experienced the loveliness of parking your car in a tight multistory car park with a little screen on your keyfob, it is hard to go back.

[Halo Jones]

With the odd exception

I can live with odd


I think my car has park assist but never used it as my view is if you can't park it don't drive it!

[BrilloPad]

Its okay! In Bridgwater you need to be able to reverse into the car parking spaces so he is bound to have a fatal crash.....

[BrilloPad]

As long as we do the fight face to face. Not while I am standing on the pavement next to the space you are reversing into.....

[BR14]

[Zigenare]

I would rather trust a car to park than you.

[BoredBloke]

[QUOTE=Uncle Albert;2663334]Auntie Albert has a Hyundai Tucson which has lane assist etc. I have only driven it twice on motorways and once you get used to the steering wheel moving (slightly) by itself, it's quite nice.

I haven't had the collision warning system kick in while I've been driving, but she has when a car in-front of her braked sharply, She claims she would have stopped fine by herself but it was nice that the car was also paying attention.

Brother in law had an Audi and used to enjoy frightening passengers by trying to drive into the back of lorries - the car never allowed him.[/QUOTE]

That sounds normal for an Audi driver

[Gibbon]

It has collision detection - it flashes up BRAKE in red letters in the heads up. I'm hoping it will do the braking itself if things get too close - I've not tested this

I have, on a foil crisp packet, I got rear ended

[BrilloPad]

One thing this does help explain is the number of cars that do not pull in after overtaking. With the lack of police on the roads, presumably more and more cars just head for the outside lane(or the one next to it), tell the car to do 70mph and fall asleep.

[BrilloPad]

Mine does and I don't trust it so I won't use it.

I would rather trust a car to park than you.

[Pebbles]

A vote for...

I drive approx 50,000 miles per annum. My Volvo has driver assist etc. Somethings I use regularly, such as adaptive cruise control, which is essential on the M6 with all the average speed cameras. Others, such as lane departure warning, I use occasionally. Cross traffic alert can be interesting when trying to reverse out of a parking space with poor visibility. I've never asked the car to park itself, haven't had the need.

It suggests stopping for a break when it thinks I'm losing concentration and indicates the nearest service station! As a result I have stopped for coffee at midnight with a hundred miles still to go. Doesn't help with sleep but at least I got there in one piece!

I never drive "hands free" which the pilot assist would allow me to do temporarily (I think 11 seconds and then it requires you to apply steering).

When I got the car, I thought these aids were all unnecessary. Now I appreciate them but I don't rely on them.