Emgie 4
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Not entirely MG4 specific, but I've been thinking recently of the pros/cons of LKA and LDW.
I fully get the idea of it and potential advantages of keeping you out of oncoming traffic or the ditch, but have serious doubts on whether it's function on REAL roads has benefits that outweigh the drawbacks,
I accept some car makers have done a better job of it than others ( unfortunately MG falls in to the later group - albeit improving)
My thoughts are if a significant proportion of drivers are actively switching it off every time they get in the car, as often said on many forums, and anecdotally I've heard from many friends and mentioned by garages, then is its effectiveness (in its current form) viable?
Which brings me to my second thought we're told it's part of Ncap safety rating and due to this must default to ON - for last couple of years anyway, (and I'm not even gonna there with EU/UK Brexit rules yadda yadda) but my wonder is do the safety ratings people test its effectiveness in the real world on every make of car? or just tick the box it has LKA etc, if so (and at the risk of bringing hellfire down on me) they need to cop the $&#* on, If it ain't a safety improvement don't rate it as such, and too many people have witnessed this 'feature' occasionally pulls the car into incoming traffic (or the ditch)... That's a great safety feature!
Thoughts??
I fully get the idea of it and potential advantages of keeping you out of oncoming traffic or the ditch, but have serious doubts on whether it's function on REAL roads has benefits that outweigh the drawbacks,
I accept some car makers have done a better job of it than others ( unfortunately MG falls in to the later group - albeit improving)
My thoughts are if a significant proportion of drivers are actively switching it off every time they get in the car, as often said on many forums, and anecdotally I've heard from many friends and mentioned by garages, then is its effectiveness (in its current form) viable?
Which brings me to my second thought we're told it's part of Ncap safety rating and due to this must default to ON - for last couple of years anyway, (and I'm not even gonna there with EU/UK Brexit rules yadda yadda) but my wonder is do the safety ratings people test its effectiveness in the real world on every make of car? or just tick the box it has LKA etc, if so (and at the risk of bringing hellfire down on me) they need to cop the $&#* on, If it ain't a safety improvement don't rate it as such, and too many people have witnessed this 'feature' occasionally pulls the car into incoming traffic (or the ditch)... That's a great safety feature!
Thoughts??