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What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it) (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago by arthur@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

A Comma 3 to run Openpilot on my Honda Civic. It's lane keep / adaptive cruise control on steroids. I drive about 40 thousand miles each year for work, 46 miles round trip on "local" days. Having that level of driver assist on the highway makes a life changing difference. I arrive less fatigued and feel more capable of reacting to hazards. Their tagline is making driving chill, and it really has delivered. I don't know how I did this mileage before Openpilot.

[–] pinkfootedgoose@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

https://www.comma.ai/openpilot looks cool af

[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Is that legal?

[–] botengang@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

US Car regulations are wild...

[–] unce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

I don't see why not. Lots of new cars have these features built in.

[–] jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's considered a "level 2" driver assist, enhancing the existing adaptive cruise or lane keep assist built into the vehicle (which are also considered level 2 and perfectly legal) The driver is still completely responsible for anything the vehicle does.

That said IANAL, but I feel comfortable with this level of vehicle modification and any liability involved.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 1 points 11 months ago

My Kia has lane keeping assist and basic cruise control. I recently had to drive a uhaul from the dark ages and it was so much more exhausting.