Lane assist default on

[fredgroves]

Just been reading elsewhere but it seems most recent (mid 2020?) vehicles of all brands are forcing lane assist on by default. Every time you start the car.

On the mk8 it's standard across the whole range.

Some sort of mandated safety feature.

Not sure how you turn that off on a mk8, but given the lack of buttons i assume it's somewhere buried in a menu...

Anyone experienced this yet?

[Exonian]

I think permanently live Lane Assist seems to be mandatory in every car now and is bloody annoying if you have to travel regularly on country roads where you have to constantly straddle the white lines unless you enjoy having a badly scratched near side mirror housing at best.
It absolutely ruined the fluidity of the TCR with it switched on and I’m not sure it’s even fully deactivated on my late 2019 built 1 series as it was the first thing I switched out but sometimes it still feels like an invisible hand is at work. At least it’s just an easy to reach button for 2020 owners who can’t switch it fully off.
A great feature for trucks that live on motorways but not good for drivers who spend time on single carriageway roads so an easy access switch is essential.

[fredgroves]

Yes ideas created by people who imagine every road is a test track somewhere. Mind you, it could be a uniquely British problem as everywhere I have been in mainland Europe has decent quality roads even in unnamed rural backwaters!

I read people moaning about it on Kia, Merc, BMW and more....

[Dave1rs]

It’s on from start up but you press the assist button and then turn it off on the touchscreen.

[Wrex22]

Wrong thread sorry!

[fredgroves]

oooh better still - I've just read that EU manadated speed limiting is for 2021 built vehicles and that will be default on too (i presume you might be able to turn it off).

Traffic sign recognition and GPS map data determine the speed limits and the car enforces it with braking and throttle intervention.

Nice.

[p3asa]

oooh better still - I've just read that EU manadated speed limiting is for 2021 built vehicles and that will be default on too (i presume you might be able to turn it off).

Traffic sign recognition and GPS map data determine the speed limits and the car enforces it with braking and throttle intervention.

Nice.

I could be imagining this but I'm sure I read BMW had the auto gearbox linked to GPS and as you approach bends it shifts down automatically so you were in the right gear

[fredgroves]

Don't know if BMW has that, the latest VW models do though have something similar with ACC slowing down for bends and roundabouts etc.

Its all going to be in there somewhere - because this "trick" technology has to be on everything from next year. Whether you buy a Daccia or a Ferrari.

I also saw reversing cameras were compulsory too.... I'm not quite sure what this does to the options list.