expensive scooter if you ask me.... ???
all these safety features that supposedly are SAFE are NOT! I guess the lane departure and adaptive cruise control features that most new cars are now having reduce your vehicle insurance. That is good news JUST for that ONE thing, until they fail and you end up in an accident then will INCREASE your premiums since you cannot blame the vehicle mfg. for your stupidity of relying on these so-called features to think for someone.
I got a loaner new RAV4 with both features and the adaptive cruise control would ONLY be good for interstate driving or long hwys. to keep a 3-4 second following distance if traffic is moving along as normal, but if traffic suddenly comes to a STOP doing 50-80 mph the system ONLY brakes very HARD for a few seconds then disconnects the braking entirely flashing a RED light on dash and beeping at you to BRAKE NOW!!!!!!! STUPID it does not keep braking for you until comes to a stop like the traffic ahead of you.
lane departure is just annoying as all heck. Who wants a car to beep at you dozens of times per day to alert you the car is on the white or yellow line to the right or left UNLESS ONLY you fell asleep at the wheel? If the radio is cranked loud, you can barely hear the beeping anyways. Plus, it sometimes does not steer the car back or if it does, it keeps going right or left to the other side then runs off the road or crosses traffic not correcting steering again and again right to left.
I tested both on my main fairly straight hwy. of course with no cars coming at me.
