[rkr]

I thought it meant there was a hot cup of coffee waiting for you in the glove compartment.

 

[rkr]

I was definitely using lane assist during some long stretches, and it one point it told me to put my hands on the wheel! I laughed.

I've carped about the blinding irony of this a few times. Not only will it nag you to hold on to the wheel but it'll eventually disengage if you don't grab the wheel. And you can't just lightly hook a couple of fingers on the wheel and let it slide along. If the wheel doesn't detect periodic (10 or 15 seconds?) active engagement on your part, it'll nag you.

What does active engagement look like? Well, to me and my unsophisticated simple country ways, that means steering input. You know, the kind of input we'd normally have to do on a car without any assist features.

I've tried LKA and don't like it. The car rides too close to other vehicles (esp to those on the right) and it meanders left and right in the lane (well-marked, straight interstate lane) which totally telegraphs that I'm playing with my phone or intoxicated. No thanks.

(end snark)