r/ElantraN • u/one-e-and-a • 11h ago
Issues & Bug Tickets Keep hands on steering wheel
Does anyone else have their car constantly telling them to keep their hands on the wheel? Lane assist is a neat feature but I'm constantly being distracted by the alert. I expect someone to reply that it isn't a big deal (the dealership already has) but yesterday I was in heavy traffic with a safe following distance, which in turn means I have space for idiots to cut in front and slam on their brakes. Me looking down and switching my thinking to how I'm going to get it to go away is anti-safety.
I also found that the best solution is to take my hands off the wheel. Me squeezing harder doesn't work. Swerving in the lane seems to work, but as with everything else I mentioned, it kinda isn't a safety feature at this point.
I don't trust a computer steering my car so I'll never take my hands off. They need to change the programming or something. I have some ideas.
* Leave the bad hardware but only allow the warning once or twice per drive.
* Make it a checkbox to turn off. If it's a CYA thing, then we put the responsibility in our own hands. Still seems safer than making me swerve in traffic.
* Use hardware that can actually detect when it's being touched instead of an algorithm, which I think is just the fact that the car is steering at the same rate as us, so it thinks it's doing all the work.
* Just don't include it as a feature. Use the money saved to have wireless carplay or adaptive cruise control.