Have Useless "Safety" Features gone too far?

[PooDog]

Originally Posted by lra

None of my cars have any of these ‘safety’ features.
They have have ABS, ESP and Traction Control, all of which are related.
One has a driver reminder that goes off after 2 hours of driving. The first time I experienced it, I spent nearly 5 minutes trying to work out what the alarm was, distracting me from the primary task of pointing it in the right direction.
I am more interested in whether my car’s structural crashability is up to the task when things go bad.
All the other gizmos, to me, are an unnecessary electronic addition that will go wrong as the car ages, and are an incentive the ‘dumb down’ the ability to operate a machine.
If a driver is drunk, stoned, on a self destructive mission, or just plain stupid, these features a not going to save them or others.

Technology is a great thing ....but I think that anything that encourages inattention ,or disconnection to the control of the vehicle you are operating is going to encourage complacency

A lot of the gadgets in vehicles are like a former of entrapment .....they're so boring to drive that you can't help but muck around with stuff and a lot of it you have to constantly have to go into menus and different screens just to change something in the radio settings ?

There's so many people that don't understand anything basic about the vehicle they drive can't drive a manual , can't park , no idea how to overtake

I've been a truck driver for thirty years ....I used to really enjoy a truck with a road Ranger box in it (non synchro ) because it took a bit of skill to get it right and you were connected to the vehicle coz you knew which gear you should be in at what revs for thar corner ....but now in my auto Volvo (beautiful truck ) you just put it in D for Dick head and brain in N for neutral

It's getting crazier on the road and it's only gonna get worse ...because the next generation will need even less ability to drive

Rant over my apologies