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One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives (www.carscoops.com)
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[โ€“] noxypaws@pawb.social 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I can't back up my own driveway with "maneuvering assist" enabled or it slams on the brakes every time it gets close to a completely harmless fern on the passenger side. Every time it happens it's so infuriating that I could actually scream. So it's now off.

[โ€“] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, same. And this article is playing like thats on us.