Thoughts on Driver Attention Function?

[Canuckian]

I think I like it for my child driver. Remind her to pay attention.

 

[LCColorado]

Agree with that. The post sought feedback on this feature. Folks provided different feedback. And then in one post someone who likes/needs the feature supposedly attempted to apply "logical reasoning" to a comment that was about what the feature does (override/interfere with deliberate driver inputs) and expressly not about the annoying chimes. So there is apparently no consensus on these things. I think it is a great vehicle and am glad you can mostly turn these intrusive systems off.

Keep trying to move the goal posts, but your response was about the driver attention monitor that makes a beep when it can’t see your face.

 

[MJE]

For those who have experienced other makes’ systems, is Toyota’s that much worse? I’ve had 2 Fords now with these features & I’ve maybe had the auto braking engage once when it didn’t need to. Most other times it’s engaging just a hair sooner than I’m already on the brake. I have to try to get the driver attention to actually flash a warning. The car will drive itself if you let it but admonish you to retake the wheel. For how seamless these systems are, I can’t imagine shutting them off in case they actually help one day when my reactions fail.

 

[chris_in_phx]

I hate that stupid thing. Disabled immediately

 

[RUN-8]

What is the consensus on the Driver Attention Function?

It really is demanding and jealous as it doesn't allow you to drive into car dealerships and look at other cars without scolding you.
It tells me I am slouching over frequently as well.

I plan to turn it off, it’s extremely annoying.

 

[milkshake]

I think anyone that fights the safety features is probably who needs them the most. If a small beep or chime is going to make you “more likely to crash” you maybe shouldn’t be on the road. I don’t always love some of the functions (auto braking stopping me halfway into my garage because it sees a bike), but I took the time to learn how to use them and live with them. I was going to turn off the attention setting, but one day it beeped at me while I was looking at a building and I realized my eyes had been off the road longer than they should be. It’s sometimes annoying, but overall I think it’s beneficial.

I hate that stupid thing. Disabled immediately

Same. Do you know get a pop up stating that it’s disabled and to check the manual? That’s almost as annoying, so if you know how to turn that off I would appreciate knowing as well. Why even have a heads up display if there’s going to be constant pop ups on the screen?!

 

[chris_in_phx]

Same. Do you know get a pop up stating that it’s disabled and to check the manual? That’s almost as annoying, so if you know how to turn that off I would appreciate knowing as well. Why even have a heads up display if there’s going to be constant pop ups on the screen?!

Weird. I dont think I'm getting that. I do get a few popups asking to turn it on when im running with adaptive cruise control but it seems thats probably necessary for acc to run.

Otherwise all I did was disable the driver monitor in the dash menu.

 

[Esquire]

Same. Do you know get a pop up stating that it’s disabled and to check the manual? That’s almost as annoying, so if you know how to turn that off I would appreciate knowing as well. Why even have a heads up display if there’s going to be constant pop ups on the screen?!

I just turned mine off last evening. I don’t believe I am getting any notification/pop-ups.
Did you turn it off in the “Options” area? Second to last feature on the long list?

 

[Fleming11]

I think anyone that fights the safety features is probably who needs them the most. If a small beep or chime is going to make you “more likely to crash” you maybe shouldn’t be on the road. I don’t always love some of the functions (auto braking stopping me halfway into my garage because it sees a bike), but I took the time to learn how to use them and live with them. I was going to turn off the attention setting, but one day it beeped at me while I was looking at a building and I realized my eyes had been off the road longer than they should be. It’s sometimes annoying, but overall I think it’s beneficial.

Yours must be setup differently than mine because it’s not a single beep it’s a bunch of beeps that goes off immediately for stuff like my arm going over the sensor for a second going around a corner, my wife has been complaining about it to. Neither my wife or I can sit with our backs fully against the seat because the thing freaks out and starts beeping incessantly….makes long trips unfun. If we are stopped at a stop sign and turn our head to look either way it will start beeping and give the eyes-closed warning.

 

[hookem512]

Same. Do you know get a pop up stating that it’s disabled and to check the manual? That’s almost as annoying, so if you know how to turn that off I would appreciate knowing as well. Why even have a heads up display if there’s going to be constant pop ups on the screen?!

I get the pop up all the time saying it’s disabled. I’m going to have to read through the manual to try and figure out how to turn that off. It seems like the feature isn’t completely off or something as I get the feature disabled pop up at the same times I used to get the normal driver attention pop up.

 

[PNaman]

I hate it, I disabled it... LOL

How? I hate this feature. As for old guys ( I am one), that need it: Stick to Subarus

 

[JSFoster75]

How? I hate this feature. As for old guys ( I am one), that need it: Stick to Subarus

I went under vehicle settings on the driver dash screen and found it somewhere... No idea where though... Sorry...

 

[steeevin]

Yours must be setup differently than mine because it’s not a single beep it’s a bunch of beeps that goes off immediately for stuff like my arm going over the sensor for a second going around a corner, my wife has been complaining about it to. Neither my wife or I can sit with our backs fully against the seat because the thing freaks out and starts beeping incessantly….makes long trips unfun. If we are stopped at a stop sign and turn our head to look either way it will start beeping and give the eyes-closed warning.

Agreed. I like to drive with one hand at the top of the wheel during long stretches - stupid thing beeps every time about not seeing my face (arm in the way). Glad this can be turned off.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

And even after you turn this sensor off it still gives a silent written warning through the center dash console. Incredibly annoying. I turned it off deliberately and want it to actually be off in every way and leave me alone.

 

[teclark]

I like the idea in theory and left it on for months. It was annoying, if you glance to put your coffee in the cup holder it goes beeps at you. I turned it off.

 

[trek805]

LC problems... LOL.. Not a 1958 annoyance

 

[NJ2VT]

I immediately disabled 90% of all of the alerts, takes about 2mins. 10% of the alerts are very helpful though. There is a very good YouTube video out there that walks you through each alert and how to disable.

 

[LC Number 6]

We have 6700 miles on our 2024 FE. Great vehicle easy to drive. Driver attention feature is most annoying when it tell you to sit up. So I got to looking at the watch window and where I have it set the bottom of the window is partially blocked. So I says to myself, I wonder what happens if I lower the steering wheel so the DAF can see me better. If you lower the steering wheel just far enough down so a small bar of plastic is showing below the window it no longer tells me to sit up and cuts down on the alarms. The new position of the steering wheel is a little lower but not too low for me to drive or block anything I want to see on the dash. I really like the car; it is number 6 in a short line of LC's. One 80 series; 2 100 series; 2 200 series; and the new 250 currently getting 20.6 mpg!

 

[Ed1]

Is it possible for the user or dealer to adjust the driver monitoring system to increase the time (by a second or two) of “inattention” before the beep happens?

I like having the system but the beep starts too soon.