[AT] driver convenience systems

[Indiana Robinson]

I have often wanted a button on the wheel that would light a sign in the
center of the grill that says "Hey people, I'm going to be coming straight
across at this intersection so don't turn in front of me"...  :-)   OK,
maybe something symbolic and a lot shorter.  :-)  :-)  :-)


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On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 8:26 PM Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com> wrote:

> Dean Vinson wrote:
> > I rented a car last month while visiting relatives in another state.
> > Toyota Camry, I think, whatever the rental place considered a “full
> > size” car.   With the headlight switch in Auto mode, it would
> > automatically switch the high beams on and off depending on whether
> > oncoming car headlights were visible.   Freaked me out when it first
> > happened.   I watched attentively for a while and it worked fine, never
> > left the high beams on when I would have switched them off.   But I
> > stopped using Auto mode after that and just used the normal On setting
> > and controlled the high beams manually… too much habit, muscle memory,
> > and lingering distrust of the new system.
> >
> >
> >
> > As I think about it, maybe the auto bright/dim control isn’t a bad
> > feature, since there are sure a bunch of morons out there who don’t
> > think it’s important to switch to low beams when they’re **behind**
> > another car.  Hopefully the technology provides that capability too…
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean Vinson
> >
> > Saint Paris, OH
>
> Some of the features are nice to have but it's just one more thing to
> break. Like all of the driver assist items you can get like lane
> monitoring, automatic braking, "smart" cruise control and the rest.
>
> There are a few recalls out now for ADAS problems, Ford because the
> system cannot tell if the driver has their hands on the wheel so it may
> or may not warn them that they need to act. 2019/2020 Mazda 3s being
> recalled because the ADAS system likes to apply the emergency brakes
> without any reason!
>
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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