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by laughing_man 20 days ago
I will never buy a car with that feature unless I can turn it off. I don't need the be fighting my car if I need to swerve in an emergency situation.
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In my car, Renault Megane e-Tech, there's even a physical button to toggle that feature.

Though I've rarely had it misbehave so I keep it on. If I lived somewhere with lots of narrow winding roads however, I'd probably reach for that button.

I give it 6 years for not being able to disable the "safety" feature for all the cars in EU.
If you swerve hard enough, the car lets you. I agree the system can be infuriating, but in a long highway ride I found it useful. In the city it’s usually off, I think there’s a speed factor to it.

(I disagree with many modern car systems and think they make for worse drivers, but keeping you on-lane at high speeds is not a bad thing.)