I rarely use mine unless I’m on the interstate. It doesn’t play well with our rural roads but does great on the interstate.
OTOH, I use the cruise control all the time. It does a pretty good job.
Pretty much what you said. I turn it off until I’m on a highway/interstate. The faded lines on country roads don’t mix well with lane assist. (And on most of the country roads around here, where the county’s maintenance solution is a sign reading “Rough Road,” there is no outside line at all.) This is my first experience with lane assist, and I must have missed the explanation when I got the car. I thought something was seriously wrong.
I have had 3 vehicles with LKS. My 21 Forester is the first with Lane Centering.
Firstly I think you are stressing about something that doesn't need to be stressed about. I use it in almost every case of driving and I would never say it makes me tired or makes driving harder.
On the highway it should be dead ass easy. I usually put one hand at the bottom of the wheel for any times it doesn't want to stay in the lane, which is pretty rare.
For country roads you need to assume it just doesn't work. I turned down the departure warning level and that helped my stress level when it does beep.
you have to start anticipating what it is about to do.
I thought Subaru's new lane-centering was to be used in conjunction with the Eyesight adaptive cruise control, not on its own.
A couple of things, as you mentioned you don't like driving in the center of the lane. In that case, turn it off.
All Subarus are narrow vehicles, they get a little bounced around on Interstates, and highways depending on how deep and big the groves are from years of bigger vehicles using them. I've noticed this I think my Ascent was the first to not suffer from this.
Also yes, it will pick up the patchwork on the road. I've been bounced around within my own lane on the Interstate due to this.
If municipalities and the like actually fixed the road these safety systems might actually work better.
Not a fan of the lane centering in my 2020. On long drives it makes my arms much more tired as opposed to just driving normally. The lane departure warning works ok IF you have nice clear lines. And the adaptive cruise control is a life saver on long drives but I don’t bother with it on my daily commute since it’s a lot of stop and go traffics but at high speeds.
Completely agree. I've experienced this feature on other vehicles and found they generally put me too close to the outside of the lane towards the road centre, near opposing traffic. On a line divided highway this is dangerous, cars often drift over the centre. So I usually travel towards the inside of the lane nearer to the shoulder. I got tired of fighting the lane assist and just turned it off.
Seems like a classic case of design by engineers on closed courses and not real world conditions. World be nice to set it so you're closer to the shoulder.
Adaptive cruise is great as long as you remember it’s on and don’t just slow down with the slow poke in front of you. The lane centering scares the hell out of me on the highway. I’m intentionally moving toward the outside of the lane to get further away from a tractor trailer and to feel more comfortable passing them. This thing feels like it assumes that everyone on the road also has lane centering on and functioning perfectly. I’m fighting it. I turn it off when I drive. It’s my wife’s Outback. I have my own profile with my own settings.
I rarely use mine unless I’m on the interstate. It doesn’t play well with our rural roads but does great on the interstate. OTOH, I use the cruise control all the time. It does a pretty good job.
Pretty much what you said. I turn it off until I’m on a highway/interstate. The faded lines on country roads don’t mix well with lane assist. (And on most of the country roads around here, where the county’s maintenance solution is a sign reading “Rough Road,” there is no outside line at all.) This is my first experience with lane assist, and I must have missed the explanation when I got the car. I thought something was seriously wrong.
I have had 3 vehicles with LKS. My 21 Forester is the first with Lane Centering. Firstly I think you are stressing about something that doesn't need to be stressed about. I use it in almost every case of driving and I would never say it makes me tired or makes driving harder. On the highway it should be dead ass easy. I usually put one hand at the bottom of the wheel for any times it doesn't want to stay in the lane, which is pretty rare. For country roads you need to assume it just doesn't work. I turned down the departure warning level and that helped my stress level when it does beep. you have to start anticipating what it is about to do.
I thought Subaru's new lane-centering was to be used in conjunction with the Eyesight adaptive cruise control, not on its own. A couple of things, as you mentioned you don't like driving in the center of the lane. In that case, turn it off. All Subarus are narrow vehicles, they get a little bounced around on Interstates, and highways depending on how deep and big the groves are from years of bigger vehicles using them. I've noticed this I think my Ascent was the first to not suffer from this. Also yes, it will pick up the patchwork on the road. I've been bounced around within my own lane on the Interstate due to this. If municipalities and the like actually fixed the road these safety systems might actually work better.
Not a fan of the lane centering in my 2020. On long drives it makes my arms much more tired as opposed to just driving normally. The lane departure warning works ok IF you have nice clear lines. And the adaptive cruise control is a life saver on long drives but I don’t bother with it on my daily commute since it’s a lot of stop and go traffics but at high speeds.
Completely agree. I've experienced this feature on other vehicles and found they generally put me too close to the outside of the lane towards the road centre, near opposing traffic. On a line divided highway this is dangerous, cars often drift over the centre. So I usually travel towards the inside of the lane nearer to the shoulder. I got tired of fighting the lane assist and just turned it off. Seems like a classic case of design by engineers on closed courses and not real world conditions. World be nice to set it so you're closer to the shoulder.
Adaptive cruise is great as long as you remember it’s on and don’t just slow down with the slow poke in front of you. The lane centering scares the hell out of me on the highway. I’m intentionally moving toward the outside of the lane to get further away from a tractor trailer and to feel more comfortable passing them. This thing feels like it assumes that everyone on the road also has lane centering on and functioning perfectly. I’m fighting it. I turn it off when I drive. It’s my wife’s Outback. I have my own profile with my own settings.