[mikrotikker]

I got a friend who was almost killed by traction control. Pulling out of his driveway onto a 3 lane road, and having 2 cars 1 overtaking come around the corner very fast. He tried to punch it to get out of the way but: ”computer says no”. Longest 2 seconds of his life he reckons, waiting for the gas pedal to work again. Both cars had to brake very heavily.

"Safety"

[jacquesm]

Yes. That sort of thing. I had a 2015 model C-class Mercedes make two fairly serious attempts at killing me before I got rid of it. The first time it could have been a glitch, the second was so obviously borked that I still wonder why they released that stuff on the road. And no way to disable that 'feature'. I'd have loved to analyze what exactly went wrong there and why a bridge and an advertisement by the side of the road were classified as imminent frontal collision.

My present car just does what I tell it to, no gizmos. It may be statistically less safe (I'm willing to believe that) but at least it doesn't actively try to kill me in the name of keeping me safe.