I'm always leaving the car on Pilot Assist and catching up on Netflix - doesn't everyone ?!?
You joke but it would surprise me.
Going forward it'll only get worse to.
Maybe I am sounding like an old git before my time, but modern cars...........
I got this Volvo, to be fair aint even that modern now, but anyway, first car I had with traction control, after having it a few weeks just to get used to it, went for a drive though I would wang it round a bit, faimilar roads where I live out in the middle of nowhere. First corner in, I expected it to do one thing, and that traction control kicked in, I got that sinking feeling in my stomach felt like I had completely lost control of the car. Im like, **** that ****, that ****** is going straight off. And now as part of my pre-drive checklist, I just go through the menus on the car turning everything off.
I dont even use cruise control much, the very few times I use it is one road around here is about 5 miles has a 50mph average speed camera people its right next to a river people kept killing themselves, but the road is gernally very quiet. Sometimes on a motorway, maybe, in an average speed area if its quiet, otherwise no.
I think cars hit a sweet spot, maybe mid 2000, historically cars have not been reliable but it got to the point where the "guts" of most cars got good. So what the manufacturers did was overcomplication everything, put bloody sensors for this, sensors for that, all that fancy stuff on cars now.
So on mine, the traction control failed (the system failed that is) I did my research and pretty sure it was one of the ABS/wheel speed sensors behind one of the wheels, an easy fix and a £30 part. BUT.... to find out which one, you need to plug the diagnositcs in, so bought a £20 generic diagnostics but no, Volvo need a special one (of course) which is either £140 icarsoft, or genuine volvo software obtained under dubious circumstances.
All for a sensor to control something I didnt want in the first place!
But as cars do more, people just wont be able to drive properly or concentrate and its concerning. I think I would rather be driving now with tail gating boy racers in modified cars then some flappy woman in her fancy electronic does everything for you, because at least the former are more likely to be looking where they are going!