How does safety technology usage affect driver safety behavior?

I've had the frightliner show in red while driving at speed showing Collision alert! I don't understand how and what it thought it was going to run into.. Last year in a different sate on I-84 it was always the right lane same spot would get the warning.

The other stuff I don't mind is lane following distance.. yes you the 4 wheeler I can see how fast you got in front of me, how far you are and the following distance.. I had a BMW driver cross in front of me doing 126 MPH on the NJ turnpike last night.. if safety maybe you can predict he might crash up ahead.

 

That’s not how they work

You’ll never pull one down far enough to shift a whole gear in the main…..well I guess with stupid anything is possible

The D ratio Aux is also

Double under
Under
Direct
Over

The C is
Crawler
Double under
Under
Direct

That’s just 2 of the 4 total ratio sets on your standard 1241 box.

 

The poll is no longer open, but count me in with the rest. These new safety features aren’t worth it. They keep you frustrated all day. Beep beep beep.

 

With all these added distractions, what actually matters that you'd want to be aware of and aren't currently made aware of? And if you wanted to be made aware of it, how? Obviously the additional pings or robotic voice doesn't help...

 

I just want to be left alone. That’s why most guys drive truck. We don’t need the safety sensors and beepers and we don’t want it. We’re going to be the ones responsible if we get in a wreck anyway, so why have stuff going on out of our control?

 

I'll make this short, I started driving without all the technology, now I have all the safety features. I feel and I mean I feel because I am physically in the truck experiencing all the beeps, bells and whistles that I am more distracted because of all the modern technology you have that distracts you from driving. Example: Lane departures sounds, braking assist without your consent, GPS, cell radios, CB's, etc... yes some of these you can turn off some you can't. Too much technology distracts and creates an unsafe environment.

 

For me right after covid started settling down and people would be out driving at all hours i started noticing the features of the other 4 wheelers at night. I couldn't put my finger on it right away but I soon realized that most newer vehicles Headlights are set automatically on highbeams at night and they only switch to lower beams if the stupid sensor picks up on other vehicles. Im still driving as a personal vehicle a 2007 Chevy avalanche. My lights automatically come on at night but only low beams and I have the original light tech not these super bright LEDS that completely devastated my circadian rhythm and ####ed me up pretty badly. You also cant see but those new leds are actually pulsing but its to fast for the human eye to see but our body is definitely being negatively affected by it.

 

It's interesting that blind-spot monitoring seems to get more trust here than the collision or adaptive cruise systems. Is that mostly about accuracy, or is it more that blind spot monitoring is helping with something you're already actively doing (checking mirrors), versus the other systems trying to make a judgment call a computer isn't actually good at, like whether that gap ahead is really dangerous?

 

For the student who aske ed Q, No I do not feel safer, rather dumber. Traction control and Abs yes, the rest no, even down to the seat belt warning light.

For me its encroachment on freedoms and an insult to my intelligence. From public space monitoring, to traffic monitoring, to building space monitoring to telematics. All these cameras feel like governance or others are spying on me. And its not for me really, it for their revenue, insurance, or warranty decisions.

I drive a 2013 European truck with few gauges, few anything, and limited driver feed back; but plenty of safety sirens to tell me I'm stupid. I now I don't have the seat belt on, the door is open, or its in gear, or the head lights are on. I don't need a vehicle correcting my lane position, or falsely luring me into following the car in front doing 10 under because I'm too comfortable and day reaming. So I just updated to a 33 year old truck with plenty of gauges for engagement and no "you're stupid" technology. I need to drive this truck rather than be a passenger. It requires me to stay alert to pass the day rather than fad away hoping all the safter BS will save my bacon. The safer the truck the dumber the driver I tend to feel.

I haven't done very well explaining it, but I yearn for a simpler life with less observation and control telling me I'm not trusted. I don't believe the road toll has declined in proportion to revenue raised or control devices in vehicles in the name of safety.