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Warning chimes and monitoring systems one of the car industry’s big annoyances

David Berthon

Someone asked me recently what was my biggest annoyance with many new cars today. Without doubt the biggest negative with many new models is the plethora of warning and driver monitoring systems that nearly drive you crazy. Drive any new Chinese made car and it features a range of safety systems that warn you via various chimes that you’ve taken your eyes off the road, moved slightly out of your lane or exceeded the speed limit. Its overdone and in many new models very poorly calibrated and set for driving conditions that are more the norm in congested Asian cities. And unfortunately, they can’t be deleted on the run, the only way to get rid of them is to re-set them at every start. Hyundai and Kia similarly have excessive warning chimes and frankly they’re counterproductive to good driving practice and become a major disruption to concentration. I’m David Berthon.

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