LKA (lane keeping assistant)

In the other thread, a couple of people suggested that you ask them what it would take to GET a new car with that feature.
Have you done that yet ?
If not, you should. Really. Honestly.

Believe it or not, if they charge you anything at all, it likely will be less that adding that feature on, maybe MUCH less.

Do try and be practical here, please.

 

The Mini 0803-0805-0806 Dash Cams have the lane keeping feature. They are very small and mount in front of your rear view mirror. The wire can be run quite easily hidden down the right side and back to the cig lighter plug. You have the bonus of a superb cam showing all your travels. Get the GPS version. Mine cost me $89 and does an excellent job. I mounted mine with the 3M velcro strips so it is easy to remove and replace. It turns on and off automatically when you turn on and off the start button.

 

Could you give us a more detailed review of how well this works?

While I am more interested in the dashcam features, OP would probably like to hear about the lane keeping feature (LDWS - lane departure warning system?) and comments about the conditions where it does and does not work.

The Prius LKA includes some minor control over the power steering, as well as audible and visual warnings. But I suspect this DashCam-LDWS provides only a warning, with no steering assist.

 

The lane keeping on the mini cam does only give a sound warning. I have only used it once to ck it out and of course it does sound off even if your turn signal is on for it is only a camera looking for the lines on the road. I have the advance tech pac on the Prius so do not need that feature of the cam. Will never buy another car without the adv tech pac. Bought the cam for incident purposes. Haven't had an accident since 1973 but nice to record all that is going on. I have the mini cam 0803 that is doing a good job but the 0806 is new with much changes and I will be buying it after it has been out a couple months. A search will bring up lots of info including videos.

 

sounds like the near perfect solution.

 

Proximity sensors (ultrasound) for the parking assist system.

 

Tell us, please, how much those things are going to cost to install.
(I will try my best NOT to say (again) that you should just trade cars.)

 

LDW on Toyota is an active system, not passive. It also nudges you away from the lane divider like LKA. The difference is LKA corrects the steering angle once the car gets back to the center of the lane where as LDW won't. In LDW, once it nudge you away from the lane divider, it continues on until tires ride on the opposite lane divider. It then nudge you back again. It keeps doing this until you correct the car to the center of the lane or until it cancels out. LKA is more aggressive in keeping you in the center of the lane than LDW. LDW is easier to drive with than LKA. In LKA mode, there's always constant steering wheel adjustment from the LKA steering motor. In LDW mode, there's no steering wheel adjustment at all until you're on the lane divider. It's only then that the LKA steering motor kick on to nudge you away from the lane divider. Also in LKA mode, if the camera lost track of the lanes, it double beeps. It's very annoying. In LDW mode, there's no beep when the camera lost track of lanes. The only notification is the lines on the dash display changes from thick to thin and vice versa.

 

Cars Equipped With Lane Departure Warning Have Higher Collision Rates: IIHS » AutoGuide.com News
Toyota Kluger features car safety blind spot monitor

 

That article is ilrevelant to the Prius's LKA system. It talks about passive lane keep assist. The Prius has an active system.

 

CProAudio - LKA ≠ LDA/LDW

 

The study made by HLDI is well reported by other auto news outlet
Study says lane departure warning systems don't prevent crashes | Digital Trends
Lane Departure Warning Systems Not Reducing Auto Claims
Do Smarter Cars Make Safer Drivers? - InsuranceQuotes.org
Some crash-avoidance systems may work better than others

HLDI Report Says Autonomous Braking and Adaptive Headlights Reduce Collision Claims & Injuries - News - Automotive Fleet

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2012/07/study-finds-crash-avoidance-features-really-do-reduce-crashes.html
just to name a few.
The original article can be found here

Crash avoidance features cut insurance claims

The article you've provided seems to report what the author had scan through the original article. He failed to report that the failed LDW were from Buick and MB and the most importantly the collision increases were not statistically significant.
In the original article

The study is based on a system that only warns the driver of lane departure. The Prius's LKA/LDW actively steer you away from the lane divider to the center of the lane. It's far more advanced than the car used in the study. It's the system that the article stated that they DID NOT test.

Here's a more updated study on a Honda system

Honda system cuts insurance claims

 

Beware systems that lure you into a false sense of security. Even if they have a 99.9% chance of success, there is that one that will bite you because you thought the system took care of that and didn't look.

 

I'll take my chances. In the 4.5 years that I own my Prius with LKA and LDW, it has warned me about 30 times on the freeway that I've drifted out of lane, give or take 10. According to your logic, I still have 960 times before I'll have a false sense of security failure. I'm looking forward to that 1 failure in about 112 years.

 

Of course 99.9% reliability doesn't tell you when the .1% failures will occur.

I'm not a perfect driver but at least, when I screw up, I don't have some system to blame.