I like the lane-warning feature, which lets me know if the truck is on or over the line, but I did not want it self-correcting and moving the truck back where it thinks it should be.
I agree with it acting faster than I could. Shortly after I got mine I hit some black ice and the back end started to slide into the next lane. By the time I realized it, the truck had the back end in line with the rest of the truck. Others weren't so lucky. Shoulders were littered with people facing the wrong way. Needless to say, I slowed down and definitely appreciated the help in that instance.
Did I say I wasn't paying attention?
I am going to have to disagree with you especially with the blind spot monitoring, I have been riding Motorcycles for my entire life, and can't count the number of times other drivers have just pulled into my lane without either using a signal or looking. I have avoided death many times by having my head on a swivel and I use my mirrors every 5 seconds (in my truck also). I hope they put BSM in EVERY vehicle with NO way to turn it off, it will save lives. The other nannies I agree with you.
My first complaint with BSM, is they have the system wired in reverse. Any safety system, the default when a breakage occurs should be the warning position. Meaning if a light is used, it should be on when the way is clear, and off when the way is blocked. Then if the fuse blows, LED fails, sensors fails etc, the light off means it's not safe, and take another look. As is, if any of the failures happen and the light fails, people will look see no light and think they are good to go.
While I do like BLISS and CA but the others I leave off and can live without. I know others like it but i tried the ACC once and didn't like it at all! I would forget it was set and wondered why every time I approached a slower vehicle I was getting further away. Sure I was a paying attention but I'd rather drive at my own will than this back and forth ACC!.
I'm mostly on rural 80km/h roads. I was loving the ACC at first, set it at 99km/h and go. If I find a car it slows nicely, and when I get a chance to pass it accelerates automatically and resets.
I disagree with that. Most user's are use to the lights in the car being warnings. Every time I start the truck I confirm the lights are working, like I do with the other warning lights. I still turn my head and use my mirrors. I check my mirrors before I signal, signal, and look again to include looking back not through the mirror. But if on checking the mirror it's lit, I don't proceed with the checks, I keep going where I am. I want to say I recall an extra audio alert as one time I checked the mirrors and saw no one and no light, then when I put on the turn signal to indicate the lane change I think there was some audio and as I was starting my second check I saw the light was lit and a little car was passing fast.
So because people are used to it, it should remain a bad design? Safety warning systems shoud default to the warning mode when defective, not safe mode. If the light fails, it represents as safe to change lanes, which is un-safe.
Is that true? I thought crash avoidance did warn, then prime, then activate brakes as a last measure brake. Until AEB is needed though, it's just warnings or brake priming:
