All this modern safety stuff is getting ridiculous

It ends with self driving trucks….probably going to be a while

 

It stops when this is the reality


That said there is a reason i removed most of that #### off my rig. The "safety" features imo do the reverse and really should be banned. They stress out and distract the driver, can negitively effect safety by say slamming on the brakes on ice when the radar freaks out, and the auto follow device leads to many drivers being more likely to say...watch youtube and drive. The safety systems are a #### bad joke

 

It's my opinion that any executive who inflicts this on drivers is a psychopath. The neverending lane departure warnings, whether or not you're over the line; the warning beep for being 5 MPH over the speed limit; the temporary cutting off of the fuel when you go by a exit ramp speed limit much lower than highway speed when you're still on the interstate; the aggressive braking when approaching a slower vehicle from behind; the camera giving you a 'Critical Event' with no audible warning to back off for following too closely; the stupid radar cruise control that forces you to initiate a pass from 500 feet back. If you move into the left lane directly behind a passing vehicle, you have to wait until it gets 500 feet ahead of you to speed up, even if it's pulling away from you at 75 MPH. The nonstop aggravations are getting to me. Getting constantly enraged at the lane departure warning isn't good for my health.

 

I wouldn't drive it. I'd flip burgers before being subjected to such treatment.

 

Well folks look in the mirror and blame the person looking back at you. Keep voting the same scum in and this is where we're at now. Everything that happens to any part of the human race is because it was allowed. Buried heads in the sand saying "Oh that doesn't affect me, or I don't want to get involved or I have nothing to hide any number of the myriad of excuses humans use NOT to do the right thing and here we are, IMHO

 

Our trucks that are leased from Penske have a switch to turn off the lane departure warning for about 10 minutes, use it all the time on back roads. Also works well in construction zones where the lines have been changed and the computer thinks you are out of your lane. I find them horribly annoying and frustrating as well, but unfortunately Penske will no longer allow us to lease trucks without them.

 

well said!

 

Very well said! I drove one for a week. Went to pass a Truck on the right that was in the hammer lane, obviously sleep driving. Weaving. Going under the speed limit. I was in the middle lane. Right lane was clear. Planned on passing him and blasting the air horn, wake him up, do him a favor. My Penske Truck slammed on the brakes as I was passing. Wouldn’t let me pass. Had it been slick, I’d surely jackknifed. It was much stupider than my arguably stupid move. Lol. My first thought was, now the Trucks are Training the Drivers. It’s true. I was careful not to do anything like that again. As far as the automatic braking. I came up on a construction back up, decided to test it out. Never touched the brake. Truck did it all. Very weird. I can see how that could avoid an accident if a driver was distracted or sleeping. Otherwise it’s all just another step towards self driving Trucks. Meanwhile we’re the Guinea pigs. I see potential for lazy drivers to do exactly what I did. Not use the foot brake.