Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen
Yeah, I&#x27;ve rented latest-model Renault and Peugeot cars in Europe and I cannot believe this stuff.  It&#x27;s probably same in new North American vehicles, but I haven&#x27;t driven those.<p>This Peugeot 308 was trying to kill me with its &quot;lane assist&quot; in a construction zone, forcefully steering the car towards the concrete barrier because the painted lines on the road were tapering towards the concrete barrier (due to the construction).  I finally found out how to turn that off _after_ nearly being killed.<p>Make my car less like a desktop computer, please.<p>My favorite is _waiting for the car to boot up_ so I can turn on the air conditioning in the sweltering heat :)<p>There&#x27;s also the joy of fumbling through terribly-designed touch screen menus so you can turn off the radio that for some reason auto-tuned to some nearby station.  Since my FM transmitter wasn&#x27;t broadcasting audio I guess the car just decides it needs to get something pumping through the speakers ASAP.<p>The other hilarious thing is the cruise control pretty much slamming on the brakes because someone merged into my lane 300m+ ahead (not even slightly at risk of driving into them because they are about the same speed as me).  I guess the system that detects an obstruction ahead cannot tell that it&#x27;s moving at the same speed as me.  Not surprising, but regardless, can I please be the driver of the vehicle?<p>Oh yeah and how about those software-driven dash gauges that feel like they have a full second of latency?  The ability to customize the UI skin is something I want for WinAmp, not my car&#x27;s tachometer and speedometer.