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The moorland road on which I had my first experience of lane assist is as straight as a die for about a mile with excellent visibility even across the bends that follow after the straight. Anything travelling less than about 50mph is expected to allow following traffic to pass. I don't expect anyone who has not experienced the sudden ill founded intervention of lane assist to understand. I'm sure that if what happened to me was common and routinely happened to others then it would be more widely reported.

Had to smile, mine is doing it again and then as I set off the display 'helpfully' shows something like "cannot continue whilst driving" and locks out the normal screen 🤪. p.s. - I only ever do short trips so it could be some time before it finishes, perhaps just in time for the next update.

Mine did this for the first couple of months, very often then showing a message saying that it couldn't continue whilst driving or something like that. I just ignored it and it finished eventually.

I'm not against innovation per se but thinking about such as the Boeing 737 Max crashes or looking at some of the videos showing Tesla self drive cars just ploughing straight on into a crash doesn't fill me with confidence. I now find that I can't relax and drive 'normally'. I keep a much tighter grip on the steering wheel than I used to. For me it makes driving more stressful and tiring. Perhaps my initial experience has made more of an impression on me than it should have. I wasn't forewarned during the handover and it happened as I drove home after taking delivery of the car.

Hands-free driving could be on UK roads by spring - hope it's not being developed by VAG at least not until they have managed to distinguish between lane markings and a shiny bit of tarmac 🤪

"Dear customer, a recall campaign has been found for the entered VIN " I wouldn't have been aware of this but for seeing this thread. Thanks very much. p.s. The response to the enquiry could certainly do with being more informative.