2016-2017 seems peek car from a car owner/driving perspective. Before the beeps, bongs, giant screens started and button removal took over.

Currently driving a 2010 euro hot hatch, when that dies will be looking at a 2016-2017 vintage.

I watched a very interesting video over the weekend, the lost discipline of the alarm. It goes in to the research of alarms and alarm fatigue negative consequences.

Seems very relevant to the latest generation vehicles.

https://youtu.be/Ira28fgSF7M?si=-GrsTTGemLY1LwLw

If I ever buy a “modern” car I’ll pull the fuse for all the annoying beeps and bongs and safety features. The only safety features I care about are traction control, abs, parking sensors and maybe blind spot mirrors. Blind spot mirrors are a double edged sword as it means people now stop doing shoulder checks relying on the blind spot mirror light only.