Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Tragedy averted Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:53:59 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <2c1456f0f72430d646b97ee477932aeb@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:54:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6cfd07a869c99199a9f0929d13c72d8d"; logging-data="456261"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19q1dmm6i7FBuoU0MpYCHhCc69RRlYYrfc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WQb6ixwjKEpP7XsgSW7IfMyLvAs= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US On 3/31/2025 8:53 AM, flood of sins wrote: > my son has a new Subaru Outback. it has lane assist, camera is > mounted on the front window above the rear view mirror. it > weaves back and forth in a lane keeping the car between the > lines and it's not smart enough to not follow exit ramp > markings. he turned it on to demonstrate it to me and i found it > disconcerting. as did he. he leaves it off. now when i see cars > weaving in lanes, i can't tell if it's from distracted driving > or poor technology which shouldn't be on vehicles in the first > place. i don't think it should be on vehicles because dumbasses > are always going to dumbass, and become dependent on it. > Should not be weaving back and forth. Never had that with either my Genesis or Hyundai. In addition to the LKA, my car has a drive assist that works on highways. For a short hop 10 miles up the road, not a big deal, but on the occasional long trip I can drive an additional 200 miles and not be tired.