The loaner I drove last winter was a HUGE hazard on snow covered roads. It was constantly “correcting” my path, vibrating the wheel when IT lost sight of the lane, applied the brakes randomly, told me I was showing signs of fatigue, and all kinds of stupidity.
In other words, the “safety systems” WERE the biggest hazard.
This was a $70K car!
“vibrating the wheel when IT lost sight of the lane”
LOL...I had a rental car a couple weeks ago and I felt this vague buzzing sensation in the steering wheel now and then. I had no idea what it was. I thought maybe CalTrans had put grooves next to the lane stripes to warn drivers they were too close. I tried slowing moving the car toward the lane stripes and...nothing. I moved the car slowly toward the right lane marker and...nothing. But then a couple minutes later this random wheel vibration happened again.
My son drove the car and got the same sensation. We figured it was some lane warning tech, but neither of us could intentionally activate it. It just seemed to think it had to randomly buzz the wheel for no reason at all.
Ugh. Useless junk!
Ah, so my suspicions were correct. Thanks for the information. The more they try to take responsibility out of our hands the more we get put into harms way. The genius ones who are telling us that we are incompetent need to look inward. Sounds about right as far as my experiences have noted.