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I just rented a brand new Ford Explorer and tried on the lane assist and it's the stupidest thing, I would never waster money to pay extra for that "feature"
From what I can tell it doesn't have an actually sensor in the steering wheel to tell if your hands on on the wheel, so instead it judges that by the fact that there is "resistance" or "feedback" from you turning the wheel or slowing it from turning while adjusting to stay in the lane.
However, this means that when you hit a straight stretch of road, and have no need to adjust the wheel physically, it blares a "KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL" warning at you until you move the wheel a little bit. So on a straight stretch of road you have to unnecessarily weave left and right a bit in order for the car to not get pissed at you.
If you don't and the car thinks you don't have your hands on the wheel it just turns the system off. So fuck you apparently, they'll let you weave off out of the lane on purpose if you're having a medical emergency and can't keep your hands on the wheel and relying on the lane assist to slow down safely.
I have such a system in my Corolla Cross, and I'd like to add that on top of all that - sometimes the system looses track of the lane and thus cannot follow it. Which is reasonable - it's only... nonhuman. What is not reasonable is that the only indication for that is a small indicator on the dashboard switching color from green to gray. That big-ass warning shouting at you? That's reserved for when you didn't play with the wheel for too long.
Mine tries to take exits on the freeway. It will follow the line on the right of the car and when there's an exit it pulls towards the exit even when I'm not wanting to go that way. Thanks Honda.