The passive aggression of 'beep-beep'
As computer technology takes over more of our autonomy behind the steering wheel, car manufacturers find more ways of doing the thinking for us. Even if we're quite capable of doing it ourselves. I've been driving for nigh on forty years, I have two functioning eyes, and two generally functioning ears. I think I've pretty much got the the knack of this driving malarkey.
Sat nav and cruise control; those are pretty much my only requirements for a car computer, at least in terms of my interaction anyway. But, no, nanny knows best. Some retard at Volkswagen decided that more, not less, is more and added lots of automation that can see
the road and traffic in front of me without actually understanding the driving conditions. A car slowing down will cause the brakes to engage, even if I can see that the car in question is pulling off to the side and presents no danger; then the arsey computer will double-down, advising me that the car is now in too low a gear: of course it is, you bloody did it…unnecessarily! (furious)
All of this cleverness is mockingly accompanied by high-pitched tinny beeps.
I thought this was bad enough. But the retards at Kia looked to their German counterparts and said hold my beer
. I'm currently driving a Kia Xceed as a hire car and, while adequate for a week, I wouldn't buy one.
Someone at Kia considers their drivers to be so feeble-minded, or engrossed in other activities, that they need to be advised that the car in front is moving off. And this is accompanied by a high-pitched little beep. I put some heavy shopping on the front passenger's seat, so it wouldn't tip over, and the dash reminded me that the passenger seatbelt wasn't fastened. Along with little beeps. The accommodation where we're staying is gated, I have to exit the car to input the access code, and I can see the parking space not ten metres away; yet the bloody car won't start until I fasten my seatbelt…to drive no further than a girl's throw at a crawl! And then there's the little beeps when crossing lane markers without indicating; crossing the centre line is one of the joys of driving England's country roads, as long as you have good line-of-sight that is…drive safely kids.
Clearly, Kia considers its customers to be of below average intelligence. Which is why I'll never become one.