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by silentsanctuary
883 days ago
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> But now European cars ding, and ping, and whine constantly because regulations require them to constantly bombard you with warnings and interruptions. As if that's actually going to make the car safer. As a driver of a european car, I'm not sure my car has ever bombarded me with any such sounds except if I drive without a seatbelt. Can you explain further? |
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Well, let's start with mandatory speed limit notifications. Which would be fine if all cars actually knew what the speed limit was. They don't always get this right. Which could mean that where you drive, your car will constantly be pestering you. And you can turn it off, but it'll be turned back on when you restart the car. Then a lot of new cars will ding if they don't think you are paying attention. For instance if you have to navigate the display or, again, if the system interprets what it sees wrong. Then there's all the situations that the car, for some reason, feels are threatening. Like if I drive over temporary markings in the road. Or the car gets frightened by a shadow or snow on a sensor. Or if there is a bit of wheel slip because it's winter and I'm driving on solid ice.
I've even had "security systems" almost slam me into the guardrail at considerable speed. Because some idiot at BMW thought that it would be a good idea to not make the car understand how temporary road markings work. In Germany. Where the car is designed.
In that case I'll admit that I didn't notice the beeping as much as I was busy trying to stop the car from killing me. And to be fair, that bit of nonsense was on BMW and not the regulators.
The people who regulate these things aren't exactly drivers. Nor are they burdened by insight.