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Old 13-02-2017, 05:07 PM   #71
Mercury Bullet
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Default Re: Have Useless "Safety" Features gone too far?

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Originally Posted by ebv8 View Post
my brother was almost killed by lane departure assist in his new Ranger.
country road and a truck was driving about 1m over the white lines so he tried to vere left then the stupid ranger steered him back into the oncoming truck, luckily the truck corrected and there was no accident but he has left that feature disabled from now on

also now there are so many sensors at the front of the car he can't fit a proper bull bar so next roo he hits is probably going to destroy the car (he does 100,000km a year on country roads)
Wow.
I could see this being a real problem with over dimension loads.
What do you do now, pull over and come to a complete stop and wait for the truck to pass?
What happens if you need to overtake and have to move onto the gravel shoulder?
A rear trailer on a road train kicks out and you need to steer off the shoulder to avoid.
All very common scenarios in the Nth West.

I'm pleased to hear this can be disabled, but it seems a trap for unsuspecting players. Certainly the first time I've heard of it.
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