Benny’66
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- May 13, 2021
- Threads
- 4
- Messages
- 317
- Reaction score
- 402
- Location
- NY
- Vehicles
- 1966 Mustang, 2021 Mach E GTPE
- Occupation
- Plant Manager
Your not taking into account the GPS feature of BC. When the vehicle approaches a “confusing” section of highway (e.g., left lane on/off ramp, tight curve, splitting highway, etc), it will notify the driver to take the wheel and disengage. This will not happen otherwise and as others have said, the vehicle will move lanes into a multitude of bad situations. Also, I have found that BC is proactive and predictive, where lane centering is reactive. Meaning that BC tries to keep you in the center of the lane because the car knows your hands are off the wheel. Lane centering responses to you moving into the other lane and tried to nudge you back. This creates a ping pong effect of either “bouncing” off the left/right line or moving across the lane to the other line. My BC must be well calibrated because my GTPE never “ping-pongs” in the lane like others have commented about. But LC alone will do that.Whether BC Hands-Free is enabled or not, the eyeball sensor is now live 100% of the time, correct? So a weight that applies a bit of torque to fool the overly-sensitive hand nanny doesn’t seem to make anything material unsafer. The eyeball sensor remains active and you’ve got to watch the road regardless.
Likewise the BC Hands-Free doesn’t have any better Lane Centering than BC Hands-On.
Am I wrong? Seriously, if you disagree let me know why. But I would appreciate a rational discussion and not merely online virtue signaling.
The question: how is driving BC Hands-Free safer than driving BC Hands-On with a torque weight?
Oh, and I want to also add that the weight is a REALLY bad idea. This is the same as trying to defeat any other safety device like two hand grip on your hedge trimmers or a safety guard. Never ends well.
Sponsored
Last edited: