submitted 2 days ago by SUDO@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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My current car is old. I had a lot of repairs done on it recently. If I get a new car, I don't want features. Lane assist, backup camera, DUI Camera, telemetry, auto breaking or other frankly silly features. Call me grumpy, but I find modern cars very distracting.

Can I ask a dealership to disable these at purchase? Is there a car that works best for being private besides just older cars?

I drive very little in a year. No, I can't ride a bike.

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[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The automatic emergency braking is probably one of the absolutely best safety features in "recent" cars...and i say "recent" because this has been standard equipment on all trim levels for probably a decade.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

ABS brakes were a game changer. People used to panic and spin around taking out 5-6 cars.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I always thought ABS stood for Antilock Braking System.

[-] SUDO@reddthat.com -1 points 1 day ago

In this case it's automatic breaking systems.

I just don't like the idea of my car making driving decisions. Plastic bag goes across the highway and I get rear ended due to the car breaking for me. Nope, don't want it.

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Actually @clif@lemmy.world was right here, the abbreviation is antilock braking system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock_braking_system

but it seems this is the thing that does emergency braking too nowadays.

[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Good call, mine used to rapidly brake because it saw nonexistant obstacles. More than once.

[-] SUDO@reddthat.com 0 points 1 day ago

what year?

[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 1 points 19 hours ago

Quite new. PM me if you really need to know

[-] SUDO@reddthat.com 1 points 19 hours ago

I'm good. If it were older I would assume some of the kinks were not worked out

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