General Usefulness Of Start/Stop

[MN500]

They are the biggest cause of traffic hold ups. I love the way I'm half way to the next lights by the time the stop/start next to me has even moved, but hate when I'm behind one and you wait and wait and then finally they pull off. I doubt it has any fuel saving credentials at all.
Then there's lane assist another pointless addition to a car on a normal road, my daughter hired a almost new golf the other week. Didn't know it had lane assist.
Whilst trying to overtake a cyclist it nearly diverted here into it, frightened the life out of her. I had to work out how to turn it off so she could do it before every trip, pointless.

Your daughter ought to have indicated, after effective observations, to inform other road users including the cyclist who may glance behind, that she was about to overtake (I do assume the cyclist was proceeding). The lane departure assist wouldn't then activate diverting her towards them, and other road users would be aware of her intentions. I do appreciate the annoyance of the system when passing parked vehicles where an indication after observations isn't required.

 

[A3jeroen]

Usually lane departure systems start working if the speed is over 60 Km/h. And yes. Using the indicator as supposed means the system knows you don't go over the line accidentally.

gr J

 

[StevenRB45]

They are the biggest cause of traffic hold ups. I love the way I'm half way to the next lights by the time the stop/start next to me has even moved, but hate when I'm behind one and you wait and wait and then finally they pull off. I doubt it has any fuel saving credentials at all.

Observation is overrated in the modern era..

Nothing to do with Stop/Start just people on their phone if you're sitting in a stop/start car and the light starts to change then putting your foot on the clutch to pull away starts the engine before you can put it in gear. No reason to be left at the lights at all unless you're not looking at them. When I've driven autos braking to a stop killed the engine, releasing the brake started it.

Re. Fuel saving..