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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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I'm curious what safety features in particular you consider necessary? I ask because all of the modern stuff you list (blind spot monitoring, brake assist, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control) I'd argue are hardly necessary for anyone. Blind spot monitoring can be replaced by a $10 pair of blind spot mirrors and everything else is more of a convenience feature or something that can be replaced by instilling good habits into your teen about keeping attention on the road and not getting distracted with her phone or fiddling with the radio.
I think those features are dangerous and make lazy drivers honestly.
Absolutely, I think there's an argument to be made for that too. Increased automation doesn't necessarily increase safety when the skill of doing the task without the automation is lost. For example, hand flying planes has become a struggle for airline pilots that some argue have become overly reliant on automation to the point of it being a detriment to safety when something goes wrong and they can no longer handle an emergency situation without the automation being available to them.