I recently got a BMW i4 (their electric mid-size sedan). These new cars beep if you start to stray to the next lane without first engaging the turn signal.

My company's Sprinter van goes as far as yanking you back to your lane unless you engage the turn signal first.

Damned tech ruining a good vintage meme.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 22 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Tesla is the new BMW and nobody's using those buttons.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There’s a Starbucks near me close to a complicated intersection. Without fail every Tesla making a left at the intersection does so directly into the rightmost lane (three lane street) then slams the brakes to turn right into the parking lot for Starbucks, all without a turn signal.

What also gets me is the right lane is super extra wide so you can move over and make the turn into the parking lot as slowly as you’d like, but instead they need to make sure they completely back up traffic behind them as they slowly make it across the left part of the right lane.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What you described is definitely worse, but one of my pet-peeves is when drivers put their turn signal on AFTER slowing way down for their turn. It makes it seem like they're just braking for no reason and might do something crazy like swerve across lanes.

The turn signal is meant to inform other drivers of your intentions before you make a move, not after.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes, exactly!

Taking it to another level, my pet-peeve recently is drivers signaling the opposite direction they’re turning. I see it all the time (at least in the past few years) and I can’t figure out where the logic comes from.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 4 days ago

I think part of that is caused by stupid turn signal designs that don't stay in place, so to cancel a signal you have to push it in the opposite direction. And people can't figure out how to get them to work properly.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

I only see people indicating backwards on roundabouts (indicating to exit when not exiting; indicating to stay on the roundabout when they're exiting). I presume they got bad instructions.

I can imagine that roundabouts might seem confusing. I have no idea how someone can get indicators wrong on other types of intersections

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Tesla indicators suck. Even with a stick they suck, the touch button ones are worse.

I would suggest BMW drivers don't indicate because they're arseholes, Tesla drivers don't indicate because it's too hard

[–] Tobberone@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ugh... I got to try those buttons the other day. Might work in an intersection. Horrible in a roundabout!!! No wonder nobody use them!

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 4 days ago

A city near me installed traffic lights and/or stop signs in their tiny residential roundabouts. In my mind it seriously speaks to the stupidity of drivers around here, but also the city for enabling them.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

It’s not just specific cars around me, it’s everyone. Just today I was behind a Ford Raptor, a Cadillac, a CRV, and a tractor trailer that didn’t bother signaling.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Buttons? You probably mean touch display? /s

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seems terrifying to have your car resist your driving

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I am not a fan. You can turn it off from the system settings menu, but it reactivates on restart. There is no way to disable it permanently.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Damn, that's super annoying. My Ford truck has a similar feature, but at least it's possible to turn it off permanently. I usually leave it on the "vibrate steering" / warning only mode, so if you're distracted it'll warn you but not actually take over.

When I first got it and was towing a trailer through some narrow curvy roads it was downright dangerous because I needed to cross the center line to stay on the road, and the truck was trying to steer me off the edge.

[–] Flax_vert 2 points 4 days ago

Mine is a thing you have to turn on. I just have a gentle vibration on the side of the wheel that I'm spraying too close to the road on.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

They still put the powerful magnet behind the license plate though so it will be pulled up right behind the car in front of them.