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You've got me curious because I've a kia niro, less than a year old and that's something I've not noticed. You would think that all new kias would have the same technology. The lane assistance was annoying to begin with but there is a button on the steering wheel to switch it off.
Which button? I have a year old Niro and it doesn’t seem to have a button to turn it off other than going through the menu each time to turn it off. Same on my Rio. My first Kia (a Rio) that had lane assist had a button to turn this off then they got rid of it in future models.

As someone who has driven Kia cars for around 11 years, it is very annoying that they change the tech around. Even the placement of standard controls.

The audio controls and menu controls on the steering wheel are on opposite sides of the steering wheel on the Niro vs the Rio - both bought at the same time!

Added fuss when you are regularly driving two different cars, particularly when it is bad enough when one is automatic and one is manual anyway.

Interesting that some of these “safety” features are becoming mandatory. Some of them I think are less safe than just leaving it to the driver. Lane assist is one of those. The pulling effect on the car is awful. The collision detection thing is even worse. Forces an emergency stop when there is absolutely zero danger of a collision.

Not a safety feature but the warning that the driver in front has pulled away but you haven’t is tiresome when driving on congested streets. Aye - he’s pulled away because the light was in the middle of changing in heavy traffic and this now red.