Context: lane departure systems depend on you using your turn signals so it knows no action is needed from it
Those systems are shit. Don’t buy new cars, ever.
Idk, seems to work well in the '24 rental I’m in rn
Plus LDWS can be found in cars as early as '16, hardly new
You might be thinking of active lane keeping, which is much newer, usually coupled with the new crop of “Advanced” Driver Assistance systems. Which my rental also has, I give it a so-so on its autopilot. Works ok on the highway
LDWSs are annoying AF if you drive anywhere with frequent road construction/maintenance…It will vibrate and beep loudly for no fucking reason, giving the drivers fucking jump-scares, because it can’t differentiate between the old currently unused white lines and the temporary bright orange ones currently to be used. They’re are half-assed solution in place because of poorly written regulation.
Edit: and “newer” implementions are also “active” so they will jerk the steering wheel as well…fucking insane. Our 2020 VW Up has this bullshit, luckily it’s easily disabled with a button.
I agree with the sentiment but I also don’t like a lot of modern “safety” systems. Many are just a box-ticking exercise for star ratings and arguably do more harm than good. If you’ve ever had lane keeping blindly follow lane markings in roadworks with temporary redirections in place I’m sure you know what I mean!
Doesn’t even need to be roadworks! I live in a rural area and a lot of the smaller streets have no markings at all. But somehow my car detects something and likes to slightly swerve into oncoming traffic. Also really fun that it turns on automatically whenever you start the car.