Reply To: Driver assistance tech on new cars

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Glos Guy
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    Shugster – no need to worry. Mike 700 has explained the systems. You don’t need to keep both hands on the steering wheel at all times. As long as you have one hand on the wheel (or your steering ball) it will detect your input. It works on movement of the wheel, not detection of whether your hand is on it, if that makes sense. Mine sounds a chime occasionally on the motorway but a minimal tweak of the wheel reassures the car that you are awake. I was bought to an emergency stop by the car a few times (in error) but that was a fault on the front collision warning system. Very scary and (hopefully) now fixed, although even on the least sensitive setting it’s still a bit over reactive (beeps, but no more).