Carmakers keep loading new cars with driver aids, but a surprising share of owners never turn the fanciest ones on
- A study found 25.9 percent of car owners don’t use adaptive cruise control.
- Many car owners also don’t like using augmented reality head-up displays.
- Just 27.3 percent of car owners regularly change their car’s driving mode.
How is this ‘surprising’? It’s distracting crap nobody asked for.
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I rented a newer Camry and the lane assist nearly put me into an accident driving through a construction zone. I had to fight it to stay in my lane.
I turned all of it off once I got home.
The only tech on this list that I’ve used and enjoyed is the HUD.
My gauge cluster mostly died (only the warning lights still worked) in a previous car and I bought a HUD that just plugged into the OBD 2 port.
It was nice being able to see my speed and RPM without having to look away from the road.
However, while shopping for one, there were plenty that I would consider distracting.
Yeah I want an AB test on whether these actually improve safety in real drivers/conditions. I’m sure they do in the lab. Anti-lock braking systems are another safety feature that I feel like has put me in harm’s way on a rainy day more often than it’s protected me on an icy one.
I’m guess I’m officially old. My car doesn’t have a single piece of tech listed in this article. I don’t even know what an AR HUD in a car would look like or what info it would show.
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This feels very futurey, don’t think I’ve seen it irl!!
My car is from either 2003 or 2007, it doesn’t have any of these features, and even if it did, they hardly sound like important safety features like a belt or airbag is
