This is one of the more unbelievable threads about cars I’ve seen in a while.
My car is fitted with adaptive cruise control. Did I use it on the way to work? No, because it’s b-roads all the way. Damn handy on long motorway trips though where I genuinely believe it’s safer and leaves me less tired at the end.
My car is fitted with auto lights. This seems like a reasonable thing to have and I can’t work out how it’s less safe that they come on a little earlier than I may choose. Didn’t come on on the way to work though
My car is fitted with a sat nav. I didn’t use it either as I know the way, however for finding a street in a city I don’t know, it’s quite handy and a lot safer than looking around for road names, at my map etc.
It’s fitted with a telephone kit. That’s safer than answering a phone directly. I didn’t use that either as there’s no reception across the top of the Mendips on my way to work.
It’s got air con. I can’t for the life of me work out why this could possibly be construed as unsafe to be comfortable and at a constant temperature!
Do you spot a pattern developing here?
Do I need all these things? Of course not, I managed quite well for years in basic cars and vans, on some of which even the windy windows didn’t work. Do I want them? Well, why not. They make driving a more pleasurable experience, and I’m confident, a safer one so I’ve now bought myself an uber consumer driven super car – a Golf.
PS – it’s also got LED interior lights which sadly, have yet to lead me towards any dogging sessions. Shame that.