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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: October 11, 2016, 04:03:15 pm »
My new truck has a "lane assist" feature, supposed to alert you if you start drifting out of your lane. These are generally annoying, because sometimes in a big rig you need to leave your lane in order to make maneuvers, but the lane assist often can't tell an intentional lane departure from an accidental one. Also, if you're driving through an area with lots of road work (eg, most of California), the system sometimes see lines that aren't there while failing to spot lines that are there, causing it to throw up warnings no matter what you do.
But the presence of the feature isn't my WTF for today. It's the sound it makes when it triggers a warning. In my experience such sounds are usually loud beeps. Annoying, right? Well, my new truck's warning sounds (and feels) like one of those goddamn GAU cannons that they build warplanes to fly around. It's literally a *BRRRRRRRRRRRT*, loud as all hell.
But the presence of the feature isn't my WTF for today. It's the sound it makes when it triggers a warning. In my experience such sounds are usually loud beeps. Annoying, right? Well, my new truck's warning sounds (and feels) like one of those goddamn GAU cannons that they build warplanes to fly around. It's literally a *BRRRRRRRRRRRT*, loud as all hell.
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