I’ve never had any issue with the lane assist in my Mitsubishi. It’s absolutely built as an “assist” and not something that will actually try to take control from you. It’s trivial to “overpower” it manually and turn out of your lane without signaling if that’s what you want to do, but does a perfectly reasonable job of steering on its own when left to its own devices.
That said, I wouldn’t be driving a vehicle new enough to have the feature yet either if I hadn’t been rear ended a couple of years ago and had my 2012 Lancer written off. :(
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I have a Sprinter van with lane assist for cross country travel. As obnoxious as it is 99% of the time, it has come in clutch a few times when I started to get drowsy and drifted off my lane.
Atropos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I hear you, but a 99% chance of being obnoxious isn’t a great review.
I think I’ll just stick to not driving when tired.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s easier said than done. You can’t judge your own behavior when impaired because you are impaired. By the time you are aware you are that tired, you’ve already been impaired for a long time.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You absolutely can judge your own behavior when you are impaired, I have done that plenty of times and decided that I needed a break when driving plenty of times.
The issue is that you are a worse judge of your own behavior when impaired, so you need to take that into account
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I apparently have the uncanny ability of being able to sense when I am drowsy. Call up the X-Men
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
For sure, but when you are driving cross-country you sometimes do not have a choice because there is nowhere to stop.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Guess I’ll just drive off the road then!”
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unless there’s a safety concern, there’s always the side of the road. I drive 2 lane backwoods roads periodically, and it’s not uncommon to see a car pulled a bit off the road with no visible driver’s seat.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yikes. Chew gum, pinch the lobe of your ear, take a nap.
Your anecdote terrifies me that people may be relying on this shit when they are overtired.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Driving when tired enough to drift out of your lane multiple times?
You shouldn’t have a license.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I suddenly got very tired today when driving, and noticed my car drifting out of lane as I was unfocused, I was far from home, didn’t have any snacks or anything.
Luckily I found a place to park soon after, pulled over, and rested for 20 min or so.
Tiredness can come sudden, it doesn’t mean you should loose your license as long as you can deal with it in a safe manner.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If it happens to someone multiple times and they treat lane assist as a crutch then they are not safe to drive on the road.
The best part is they followed up with this gem so I know they didn’t pull over like you did:
Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve had tiredness come around everytime I try to drive West around 3:30-5:00 when the sun is around setting is the perfect time where it just hits me and the traffic slows to a crawl were the last 10 miles are just hitting myself until I get to class and then Im suddenly fully awake.
danekrae@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Respect for sharing your mistakes.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Massive disrespect for not learning a thing.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
My 2023 Subaru has lane assist. It was absolutely obnoxious so I turned it off.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It turns itself back on every time you restart the van.