4 Car Safety Features That Aren't Safe...

4 Car Safety Features That Aren't Safe...! Oh sweet Handbrake, how I miss you dearly. I never understood why this very simple and cheap mechanism had to be replaced by the dumbest thing ever, that probably is infinitely harder to fix when it does break. Probably planned obsolescence, I dunno. Lane Keep Assist...Sometimes these drive you TOWARDS the trouble, even keeping you out of lane, as it freaks out over Rumble Strips (Honda Moment). What frustrates me more about really any new tech feature, not just this one specifically, is when the car FORCES you to drive with them on. Like there is no disable feature in the Menu, on the Steering Wheel, or whatever.
Also I will NEVER forgive the US government for saying Pop-Up Headlights were too sharp to pass Pedestrian Safety, but then proceed to let the abomination that is the Tesla Cybertruck onto the road just fine.

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[RyuusanFT]

"We need brighter headlights to drive safely at night"

Meanwhile, everyone in front of them: 👨‍🦯

[FloreFaune]

I work in car rental and it blows my mind how many grown adults getting into rentals can’t even figure out how to put the vehicle in gear. Then we just send them out onto the road! Terrifying.

[Lianpe]

The Lane assist incident is worth a lawsuit

[internetfrnd]

The part that scares me the most about all these safety features?

I know people who think that having all of these “safety” features means that they don’t have to pay as much attention to the road as they used to.

Big truck/SUV, big ass tablet replacing all the knobs, poor visibility because of how high you sit up, and the over confidence these cars offer have turned your average inexperienced or dumb driver into 6 ton death missiles on the road.

[magicmanv]

What a lot of people don't talk about in terms of safety in a vehicle is honestly Interior layout.

While not really a safety "Feature", it's certainly a safety hazard when most of your vehicle's controls and accessories are operated through a touch screen now, some of which requires going through layers of windows and tabs just to reach specific features just to toggle on or off, which is keeping your eyes off the road for a dangerous amount of time, especially if the screen stretches over past the middle of the dash.

[YogaSido]

Car with pop up headlights: *BANNED*
Meanwhile the Latest G Wagon : permanent pop up turn signal

[LordEggroll]

E-brakes are like the sequel that was supposed to be better but was way worse handbrakes and I hate them

[gtowrx]

These are some of the reasons I bought a 2020 WRX. No auto steer/brake or warnings, manual parking brake, manual trans, and also a key instead of a stupid fob. Its nice to be the only “driver” of the car.

[clownavenger]

A higher center of gravity is less stable. Idk why people can't understand that. Also i hate how tall average cars have gotten. Makes it much harder for me to see anything in a normal sedan.

[robinv]

Something I find funny about hand brakes is so many people refuse to use them because "what if they fail", the only times I've seen handbrakes fail is when the hinges are so rusted from only being used once a year during an MOT test that they either no longer move at all, or get stuck in the open position so now it's just on permanently. So if you never use your parking brake ever it will probably fail on you if you ever have to use it as an emergency brake.

And yes I do know a parking brake can fail when used as intended, but people are just too afraid of the what if scenario. The odds of your car getting hit while parked are much higher than the parking brake failing, doesn't mean you're never going to park anywhere other than a highly secure private garage

[MahadShahzad]

American Manufacturers : "BIGgeRr MeANs SaFeR!!!!"

Yet a small 90s pickup truck from a Japanese company called Toyota is gonna protect you from everything you throw at it and still run a million miles.

[ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

"It sure is nice driving my 2020 Chevy Silverado."

"Hi Squidward."

[SocialOrbit]

The amount of times that my automatic brake has almost wiped me from the planet is crazy

[Anicka]

"but bro... big car means freedom, why cant i drive my overconsuming pedestrian killing machine, you are 100% attenting against my freedom

[mbappe-kb]

Imagine drifting with a button parking brake 💀

[jeffystevens]

I knew some modern cars beep when you drive over the line, but cars rejecting your input and just going where they think you should go is fucking dystopian

[genericgoat]

You would think the rise of traffic fatalities over the past decade would be an indicator that none of these features are working

[smallbutdeadly]

I will never not hate on big trucks and SUVs. The average modern consumer vehicle looks stupid as fuck.

[krenzzie]

Companies marketing bullshit changes like removing a hand brake as "LE PREMIUM" gotta be the dumbest shit ever done in car marketing.

[scaldabagnoincrostato]

Most of people who buy SUV or pickups don't even need all that trunk space on a regular basis or don't even a family