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I have a car with auto braking. It's never prevented an accident but has nearly caused a few. When exiting onto a cambered road, it senses the slope of the road in front of the car as being an object that it thinks I'm about to hit, and stops randomly. It then refuses to move again until I completely take my foot off the accelerator and depress the brake fully. The fact that it takes a good couple of seconds to coordinate all of this is super dangerous, especially when trying to pull out in a gap in a high traffic area. I'd rather take my chances without it to be honest.

I've also had the lane-assist try and yank me towards oncoming traffic. Also not fun.



that's just a poor implementation, can you name what type of car?

As for lane assist, that's not a safety feature and I'm also quite weary of it


Volkswagen Golf mk 7.5 - 2020 year model. The issue is well documented online. Problems with safety features are definitely not unique to it though. I travel reasonably often and have driven a variety of hire cars recently with similar issues. Overall I'm just not convinced that 'safety' features are taking us in the right direction.




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