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bypaul_engr ( 6280294 ) writes:
There's no muscle memory with pixels. Particularly since there's never a good place to brace your hand to reach halfway across a 12" wide screen to at least get in the ballpark without looking.
byZ00L00K ( 682162 ) writes:
That - and now add all the nanny functions that exists in newer cars. Force the car to the center of the lane where the road has most eear so that you can get hydroplaning easier when it's raining as one example.
byPsychoSlashDot ( 207849 ) writes:
That - and now add all the nanny functions that exists in newer cars. Force the car to the center of the lane where the road has most eear so that you can get hydroplaning easier when it's raining as one example.
"Force" overstates the matter significantly.
First, I can't name a car where the function isn't optional-on-demand. Meaning that you can press a button to disable it entirely.
Second, the steering wheel always overrides lane-assist. If you want to stay further left or right than the car encourages, you can totally do that.
Lane assist is really there as a safety-net for attention-lapses. Shut it off when you're in heavy traffic or inclement weather... unless visibility is poor and you've got Highway Dr
byZ00L00K ( 682162 ) writes:
On Euro cars it defaults to on automatically every time you start the car.
Now I need to go through four pages just to disable all that nanny stuff.
byPsychoSlashDot ( 207849 ) writes:
On Euro cars it defaults to on automatically every time you start the car.
Now I need to go through four pages just to disable all that nanny stuff.
Or... "incorporate them into your driving routine and learn when to use them and when to ignore them".
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byZ00L00K ( 682162 ) writes:
When they hurt my driving routine and cause a distraction then they aren't working.
They are designed for a specific environment and when the environment isn't conforming to the assumption the "support" systems have then they become a bad distraction and annoyance.
Just as an example on the roads here you want to cross the center line in some cases to get a better view around the next corner, roads being worn and accumulate water puddles in the "ideal" path and so on. The situation you have to live with in th
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