Ductape wrote:
One of my concerns as these become more prevalent is are they smart enough to avoid such unwanted interventions. Such as one of those left turns across heavy fast traffic where you need to gun it hard to jump through a minimal gap. It could be disastrous if the collision avoidance hit the brakes or chopped throttle partway through the maneuver.
I have mild dissatisfaction already with traction control on many vehicles. Step on it hard pulling out into fast traffic only to have the nanny chop throttle when it detects wheel spin, then the vehicle bogs instead of getting up to speed as intended. If there's sand on the apron or slick marking paint it's worse.
First button I hit when I get into my Infiniti is the start button, second button is the traction control off button. It defeats the aggressive throttle retardation.
I too am a bit concerned with the nanny features in the new Superduty. I guess we'll find out.
