Yes, certain ones do make life easier, while not disengaging the brain from the act of driving. Auto handbrake works well. Auto wipers that change the speed depending on the rain fall rate. Rather than constantly having to change the speed manually on the stalk.
It's the new kind of assist system I don't agree with. Designed to take the skill of driving away from the driver. Car's that can park themselves.
Surely if you can't parallel park, then you shouldn't have passed your test?
Lane assist? Again, if you can't concentrate enough to keep your car in lane, then you shouldn't really be driving.
Brake assist. Had this on my MK7 Golf GTI. Horrible system, as it thought you were going to crash (when I wasn't) and it's slam the brakes on while going round a round-about.
Adaptive cruise control. I can see it can be useful, (Had it on my Golf) but on a motorway you can engage it from say Edinburgh, all the way to London, and never have to touch either the brake or accelerator pedal. Surely that makes the driver switch off. More so if it also has lane assist?
Brain switches off, system fails (which they randomly do) with the drivers mind is elsewhere, and his feet not on the pedals, then there is a good change of a crash.
I think it's the younger generation who welcome these systems more, as they'd rather the car drove itself with as little input from them as possible.
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