JD Power study finds drivers turn off ‘annoying or bothersome’ safety systems

[stingLikeAee]

JD Power study finds drivers turn off 'annoying or bothersome' safety systems

The best-performing vehicle in the study was the 2019 Kia Stinger.​

 

[Revvdmedia]

Ridiculous. Assuming if the tech works as intended, it won't be beeping all the time if you STAY IN YOUR LANE AND USE INDICATORS WHEN MAKING LANE CHANGES.

Yes, that all-caps was deliberate. I hate incompetent and disrespectful drivers.

 

[SteveCo]

The best-performing vehicle in the study was the 2019 Kia Stinger.

Good to hear I'm not alone - I have a happy relationship with my electronic doodads ...

 

[Revvdmedia]

Good to hear I'm not alone - I have a happy relationship with my electronic doodads ...

I find most of the electronics work well. The only issues I have is the rain sensing wipes don't sense well at all, and the only other thing (no way around it) is when making a left hand turn at an intersection in the right lane of a dual turning lane, you get the blind spot warning because there is a car next to you. No reason to fault the car for that though, it just scares you the first few times it happens lol.

 

[Rob M]

Ironically, they show an interior photo of a Stinger model that does not have all the bothersome safety systems they are discussing.

I guess Tesla's autopilot didn't qualify? Tesla owners are going to sleep at the wheel. Heaven forbid they turn off any of their features.

 

[Kamauxx]

Ironically, they show an interior photo of a Stinger model that does not have all the bothersome safety systems they are discussing.

How can you tell that from that pic? I can't see the buttons near the door or on the steering wheel on the interior pic. The exterior shot looks like it has the radar panel in the grill.

 

[Manaz]

How can you tell that from that pic?

The shifter is an immediate give-away.

 

[Kamauxx]

The shifter is an immediate give-away.

How???

 

[Manaz]

How???

It is the T-shaped shifter with the button on the side. The pic is also labelled as the 2018 Stinger GT1.

 

[Kamauxx]

It is the T-shaped shifter with the button on the side. The pic is also labelled as the 2018 Stinger GT1.

Yea, I see the picture of the shifter and the caption. But how do either of those things lead someone to believe it doesn't have the autonomous safety features?

 

[Kamauxx]

If the picture was this angle we'd be able to see if it does or doesn't have the safety features discussed in the article. Here you can see the buttons for LKA and BSM. But I can't see it in the pic posted in the article because the steering wheel is in the way.

 

[Rob M]

my bad... I didn't realize that all those features were optional on a gt1.

 

[MisterMac]

I am in this camp. I believe reliance in these automated "safety" systems is leading more and more people to pay less attention to the actual traffic and driving conditions. Unaware drivers are freaking scary. I had a lady nearly back over me in the Costco parking lot just last week. I jumped out of the way and verbally expressed my disapproval. All she could say was "my car didn't beep to let me know you were there." She never even looked behind her...

 

[Crisis]

I share the concern about drivers losing (or never developing) some fundamental driving skills. After all, why shoulder check if your car has blind spot detection? Look behind me when backing up? - that's what the camera is for?

I'll also admit to often turning off the LKA when driving on some of our two lane roads. There are lots of them that are skinny with many potholes and I'll generally crowd the centre line on those roads.

 

[Revvdmedia]

I think everyone should learn how to drive on a manual transmission car with no safety features (except maybe airbags). I haven't met anyone yet who has owned a car like that who is a tremendously bad driver, they seem to be better than average.

 

[turboAWD]

I think everyone should learn how to drive on a manual transmission car with no safety features (except maybe airbags). I haven't met anyone yet who has owned a car like that who is a tremendously bad driver, they seem to be better than average.

Because those who aren't above average with cars like that are already dead?

 

[Flameangel]

I am in this camp. I believe reliance in these automated "safety" systems is leading more and more people to pay less attention to the actual traffic and driving conditions. Unaware drivers are freaking scary. I had a lady nearly back over me in the Costco parking lot just last week. I jumped out of the way and verbally expressed my disapproval. All she could say was "my car didn't beep to let me know you were there." She never even looked behind her...

That seems to happen all the time in the car parks near my local shops, I had to sound the horn at a car that looked like it was going to keep backing out with me near it. It's like the drivers don't use their mirrors and have heads that are glued in forward position, never looking over their shoulder.
The reverse camera advises to check blind spots so you don't rely solely on the camera but unfortunately some drivers seem blissfully ignorant of that action.

 

[LaserJet]

It happened to me a few month ago too. I had to resort to the horn very loudly. I realised I couldn’t back away from the old lady in a corolla blissfully reversing out of her parking lot, I had another car behind me. Thankfully the lady had had some hearing left in her, if not her vision, or backup camera, or a passenger, or the cross traffic alert system, or the rear view mirror. Nothing helps, ha.

On the topic, I always keep LKA on the minimal LDW (?) setting. I find the self steering concept in the Stinger a bit underwhelming. I mean why would it ask me to keep my hands on the steering wheel (without detecting it) and constantly correct the course if it want to steer itself? Is that the best driving aid in the best driving-aid-equiped car? And that tendency to pull to the left, why? Just so I notice and correct the course? Thank you very much, I can do that without the driving aid.