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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Andrew Young

Cruise control and assisted parking most baffling car technology features, drivers say

Four in ten drivers feel they are not making the most of their cars – as technology like cruise control, assisted parking, and assisted braking leave them feeling baffled.

More than half of motorists (55%) admit they didn't even realise their car came with certain features – such as lane assist (18%) or blind spot alert (19%) – until they had owned it for six months.

Over two-thirds (68%), of the 500 car owners polled, who have a motor that is less than two years old, admit they struggle to fully understand everything that their car can do – from sports mode and electronic handbrakes, to connecting to Bluetooth devices, or wireless smartphone connectivity.

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