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I'm happy with the speed limiters that the car already has. I have the choice as to whether I want to use it or not and when I do, it's because I'm on a road with cAmeras or average speed cameras(assuming I have got the cruise control on)
I think we all know that the system still is not 100% accurate as occasionally the satnav database may have the wrong speed limit for a road and that the camera may miss reading a speed limit sign or may read one on a parallel road. For example I regularly drive on the m25 here in the uk and it picks up on 40mpj signs on parallel roads and displays that instead of the usual 70 mph limit that is usually in place. |
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I didn't mean you in particular, I meant "you" as in you European Gov't tree huggers
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05-16-2019, 09:57 PM | #48 |
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I'm new to BMW and just got a 2019 300i M-sport a few weeks ago.
One of the first things I did was turn off the lane-assist in iDrive. It scared the crap out of me and I can't imagine doing an emergency maneuver with it enabled. |
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I also found this system dangerous for the reasons mentioned above. It's great on an urban road but throw in some potholes or a bicyclist on a rural road and it's dangerous. I turned it off since it's too aggressive. That being said I found that the vibration through the steering wheel to be not as strong as I'd like. On crappy American roads in the northeast, it's hard to tell if it was road noise or the wheel vibrating at lower levels below strongest. I also found myself floating more in the lane because the electric power steering doesn't provide as much feedback as to what the tires are doing. I think that's one of the biggest reasons that this type of tech is in new cars.
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Have the LKA set on "warn when unintentionally leaving". Instead of warn late/early.
I can leave lane now without warning when I'm making active steer movements. So crossing bike lanes or switching lanes without blinkers gives no warning most of the time for as long I'm steering to do that. But pointing the car in a direction and changing lanes with the steer in neutral does give a warning.
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I didn't like it when I test drove a G20, I was on an empty road, wanting to switch lanes and it pushed me back. I imagine it's something you can turn off. Not promoting douchebag driving, but certain times you want to let loose (safely), and this seems like a nanny feature that would cause more problems than it solved.
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A friend from the gym has had the same experiences picked up the car, LKA not explained to him (he didn't know about it) within a few miles he'd nearly crashed into a cyclist he'd driven round and the car tried to steer him back towards the guy, ended up fighting with it all the way home until he read the manual and switched it off.
Some of this tech is dangerous, then again BMW can't even get rain sensing wipers to work properly so it's no surprise. It won't be long before LKA is sighted in accident reports....
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However, I'm pretty sure that 95+% of buyers are not like us. They just walk into a dealer and buy a car without really understanding its features and what to expect. I think those are the people who are more likely to be surprised by LKA, and won't even realize they can change the settings on it. They also won't know to have this conversation with their dealer at the time they pick the car up. I think dealers need to be aware of this sort of thing and pro-actively have the conversation when they hand over the car. I'm sure many do, but suspect not all. |
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How aggressive is this system?
My only experience is having it in a rental Benz that I didn’t know about but when it first activated it was more than manageable, dispute my surprise. |
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He is exactly that kind of user, it's a company car not his he just chooses from a list and really doesn't care, not a car guy at all he'd had a C class before so just swapped over because the G20 was newer. If BMW are going to put systems in car that are going to proactively override the drivers input then they need to have dealers that explain this to customers. LKA was the first thing I switched off in my 7 series but then I knew it was there.
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Just picked up my new 330i M-Sport this week, and nearly hit a cyclist on the way home. Here in the UK the roads are very narrow, so I left my lane to overtake the cyclist and give him plenty of room. I was so shocked when at the last minute the car turned back towards him.
I've just signed up to this forum as a result It's defnitely a feature I need to disable. |
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I had this happen on a highway. A vehicle parked in emergency lane, I moved to the left of my own lane to create room when passing. I did not cross the lane marker but came close to it, the car corrected at 130km/h (80mph) and it felt like I was deliberately steered into the broken down car on the emergency lane, had to jerk the wheel back to the left. The system freightened me. My girlfriend grabbed for the armrest as well. The guy standing by his car on the shoulder wasn't too impressed either. Turned steering intervention off after that.
I have an EU version, picked it up just last week. My lane departure warning only kicks in after 70km/h (43mph) I think, so I didn't have any issues in city traffic. |
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