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this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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I have a 2023 Honda Passport, and when the Collision Assist Warning (or whatever the hell it's called) is active, when it thinks you should apply the brakes it flashes "BRAKE" in big red letters right in the middle of the dashboard. It's incredibly distracting, and almost guarantees I'll be looking at IT rather than whatever I should be braking for.
My favorite part of my honda accord is when I try to avoid an obstacle on the road and the lane keep assist system decides to take control of my steering wheel and jerk me in the obstacle's direction.
Do you flick the turn signal? My Kia doesn't cause me any problems if I do it before actually turning in that direction
This is what I see in this post. I have not been driving tons of modern cars, but I did drive a dozen or so with this feature. Never had any issues with this.
Firstly - using blinker disables lane assist. Anyone mentioning "I use exit line and it doesn't let me" had outed themselves as BMW drivers/not using blinker when needed. "Avoiding debris" - yeah, sure... Keep distance, watch the road, glance at the mirrors to be aware of everything around you, and certainly do no speedup.
Secondly - this may vary to each brand/model but for the ones I drove it only just slightly makes it harder to leave the lane. Using bit more strength would still lead you to leave the lane. Kind of similar to a car without a power steering. Doubt that safety standards would let wheel lock you in the lane while changing lanes without a blinker.
Other than that, technically these features are nice-to-haves and are not a necessity. Not being able to turn them off is quite a PITA, I agree.
In any situation I find myself driving a car with that system, I always disable it before setting off. Several instances like that in my own experience just proved that it can never be trusted, even to just leave things alone when they need to be.
I now have a car with that system after having an old dumb car for the preceding 20+ yrs of driving, and I keep it off by default, and turn it on only when I know I’ll be slightly distracted for a few minutes.
It was just too difficult to get used to, and frankly it was so sensitive to where it was that just being near the edge of the road, where I like to ride to give other drivers as much space as possible because I don't trust them, set it off and it fought against me constantly, causing far more swerving than I’d otherwise do.. it’s also a giant asshole about country driving, where lane markers only apply when theres other cars around.
I could see it being useful for new drivers who never had to learn to do fully manual driving, though, the same way power steering was a useful change that was difficult to adjust to for those who learned without it.
Cars should have a universal "I'm the captain" button, that shuts off all automated & assist shit, and leaves it to the human. The amount of times I've rented a car and it's screaming at me every 30 seconds about something is just distracting and dangerous.
Kias beep when you turn without signals, but you still can do that. And if you're on adaptive cruise and you break, it just turns it off. So it doesn't dorce you to turn, not turn, or to keep going if you break. And it saved me already - I was angry on my gps and didn't watch the road for 20 seconds. the highway started turning quicte sharply, the car beeped and yanked the steering wheel to the left so to keep me from running into the guard on the side.
this is why I won't buy a newer car. it's so goddamn distracting and dangerous. not to mention pretty much all new cars have LED headlights and I'd rather not be a threat to everybody else on the road
Worse is auto LED headlight smart dimming. It tries to brighten on dark stretches and dim when it thinks there are oncoming cars. It will never let your eyes get accustomed to night driving. Too many reflective curve\turn signs like these...
And it will dim to its lowest legal setting thinking, "lots of cars!", leaving you to complete the datk curve with a, "oh sh🤬 did my headlight just burn out?!" feeling.
Jesus. From this thread, it sounds like driving a modern-made car means having an anxious back-seat driver that you can't kick out constantly trying to mess with your settings and telling you you're driving wrong.
It reminds me to take good care of my 10+ year old car...
Don't worry, it's all bullshit. Kia Ceen SW '22:
On the bright side it's usually easier to get them to quiet.
That's true for so many cars.... but 500% for any and all chinese cars. Remember that next time you click on disguised ad "review" of one of these EVs.