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Lane assist
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30/01/2025 23:47
30/01/2025 23:47
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How many folk now drive cars with this function feature? There has been the odd mention of it fairly recently, even from as far afield as Germany I seem to remember, and not in particularly glowing terms  On holiday in Tenerife a couple of weeks ago we hired a Seat 1-litre thing, an Ibiza IIRC, which had the engine cut-out business. I was quite pleased that I found it could be switched off. On one of our longer journeys - and the main roads are as good as I've encountered anywhere - I noticed I was constantly adjusting the steering, especially on curves and with oncoming traffic; irritating for me and, I thought uncomfortable for my 3 passengers (we went with another couple, a regular event). Then it hit me, figuratively, that this blasted lane assist must be lurking and on without my asking; I stopped the car after explaining why and kyboshed it after trawling through all sorts of complex settings. I find this 'punishment' to be one of the most dangerous and intrusive of any 'safety' measures installed in a vehicle 
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: Edinburgh]
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31/01/2025 12:29
31/01/2025 12:29
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I've got it on mine, not had any problems from it, and it can always be turned off.
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: Edinburgh]
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31/01/2025 16:26
31/01/2025 16:26
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even from as far afield as Germany I seem to remember
That would be me, then. My terms did not glow in the dark. I consider it one of the most dangerous things to fit to a car, right up there with alleged autopilot. If you can't stay between the lines, you shouldn't be driving the car... I must admit I'm curious to see how it copes at night on a wet road here in Germany: the Germans have eschewed the cats' eye and other road-bed reflectors, and even on a wet dark night on a motorway it can be hard to find the road markings... /rant
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: barnacle]
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03/02/2025 16:10
03/02/2025 16:10
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even from as far afield as Germany I seem to remember
That would be me, then. My terms did not glow in the dark. I consider it one of the most dangerous things to fit to a car, right up there with alleged autopilot. If you can't stay between the lines, you shouldn't be driving the car... I must admit I'm curious to see how it copes at night on a wet road here in Germany: the Germans have eschewed the cats' eye and other road-bed reflectors, and even on a wet dark night on a motorway it can be hard to find the road markings... /rant Can't see anything here that I would disagree with! The French also haven't seen the need to fork out for cats-eyes either so would be a similar issue. It'll probably be a long time before it could be an issue for me however. Our main car is a 2014 Peugeot and since it's only got 130k on the clock, not about to be retired any time soon - and of course the only other car we have is the Coupé. Paul
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: Edinburgh]
#1675503
03/02/2025 19:39
03/02/2025 19:39
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No likee and have mine switched off on our 500x. I rarely use my indicators unless there's a clear reason to do so (as per the police system) so when overtaking particularly on a motorway it would keep nudging you back as there's no indication detected. Quite alarming at the start and a bug*er to switch off in the menu - probably deliberately by the manufacturer Likewise got stop ,/ start deactivated due to excessive wear on engine components with marginal benefits for the environment.
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: G_Man]
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03/02/2025 22:33
03/02/2025 22:33
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No likee and have mine switched off on our 500x. I rarely use my indicators unless there's a clear reason to do so (as per the police system) so when overtaking particularly on a motorway it would keep nudging you back as there's no indication detected. Quite alarming at the start and a bug*er to switch off in the menu - probably deliberately by the manufacturer Likewise got stop ,/ start deactivated due to excessive wear on engine components with marginal benefits for the environment. Alan, are you saying that with the right 'tools' these functions can be permantly switched off, rather than having to go through the process every time you restart?
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Re: Lane assist
[Re: Edinburgh]
#1675535
11 hours ago
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I’ve experienced it on my last car ,Peugeot E2008 and now we have a Jaguar I Pace
The Peugeot was crap and randomly tugged the steering wheel for no good reason, and turned it off. Albeit it reset itself every time you got back in the car.
whereas in the Jag it’s genuinely brilliant , it can be turned off indefinitely if needed
I only use it on motorways , but have tried it on back roads where in the Jag I’d say it works but is over cautious in navigating smaller roads
Cheers Jamie
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