Safety Packages?

[Forum Crawler]

I have every factory option, including the safety option packages (adaptive cruise, blind spot etc)

I can turn them off if want or need to. But on the road, especially long road trips to get to cool trails or even the daily commute, these options are worth every penny.

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[Forum Crawler]

We have adaptive cruise, lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring, and rear cross traffic notification on our VW GTI and Toyota Highlander. We’ll likely never buy another vehicle without these features.

Are you planning on taking long drives in any of your travels? I imagine we’ve all experienced fatigue from a long day on the road. All of these features help to decrease that fatigue. Also, think of any of the following real world situations:

• Snacking during a road trip and you’re trying to unwrap your food
• Kids in the car are complaining about something
• You’re deep in conversation with a passenger
• You’re on a phone call (even using hands free)
• You see something interesting in the scenery you’re passing through and take a second to look
• An accident has occurred on the other side of the road and you can’t help to take a look at it
• You’re backing out of your driveway or a parking spot and the mailbox/vehicle next to you is blocking your view and you can’t see the car coming down the roads
• It’s late at night and you’re tired after a long say and just want to get home
• You point your side view mirrors directly back so you get a view of the rear of your own car

Even the best drivers among us are likely encountering one or more of the above situations or someone on the road around us is. In every single one of those situations, one of the above mentioned electric safety aids would be beneficial and I’ve seen them all in action. The life of my wife and kid is worth more than $1.5k to get the safety tools. If you own it for five years or more, it’s less than a dollar per day.

My $0.02.

Agreed!

 

[Guntar]

I have 15K miles on my 2020 Rubicon. With ACC, back up camera , and sensors. No lane departure sensors. I paid for them (am paying) for 1 reason, the life I save may be my own occupants. Wife, Mother, Kids (all adults), and grand kids.

That said, if I couldn't have afforded those safety features I wouldn't feel bad about not having them.

We all buy to our ability to have the vehicle (any vehicle) do a job we want it to. If it can do that job and we can afford to have it safe as possible, Great! I've been driving 40 years (minus a few months) and have had 1 accident (age 17). I was the worst hurt. Tree and occupants were fine.

I learned then to be safe. But, time has taught me not to feel guilty for what I cannot afford.

Life is about trade offs and pay now or pay later.

Be safe out there!
Merry Christmas or whatever you do or don't celebrate.

 

[Kaumajet]

I have all the safety features and think they did a great job on engineering them.



I started to get false forward collision warnings after I installed a CB antenna on the bumper, but a quick adjustment on the sensitivity fixed that. As others have said, this system should be mandatory on all new vehicles.



The blind spot system is excellent, and has reinforced the need to use turn signals (it only activates the aural warning if the signal is on). This will be a great tool to instill signal discipline in my son when he learns to drive in the spring.

 

[Murgatroid]

Getting ready to place an order for a '21 Diesel Rubi. I'm debating the safety packages in my head. Part of me thinks it's a waste of money, especially given the insurance savings is only $89/yr for having them. Obviously it's hard to put a price on something that could save a life, especially that of my kids. However, I've been driving for nearly 30 years with never a serious accident.

On the face of it, the fact that these aren't standard options is pretty dumb given the price of the vehicles and such. I haven't compared to other midsize trucks because they aren't even a consideration, but wouldn't be surprised if most of them come with those standard.

I appreciate your thoughts.

I find the backing warning nice since the truck is so damn long. Will give beep when there is traffic coming. Same with the blindspot warning, small mirrors and long truck equal big blind spot. And on top of that I love the adaptive cruise control, it would always make me mad that with the old cruise control, just as I would get up on someone and go to pass there would be cars in the left lane and I would have to kill the cruise control, now it paces behind the car and when I get a chance I can move over and the car speeds up with out ever having to change anything.

 

[DiabolicalDianoga]

Get them, they are worth the extra cost. The blind spot has saved me once already from some asshole in a Charger weaving through traffic. I wasn't looking to get the Adaptive Cruise and emergency braking package, but it was on the only Gator Overland I could find for that had leather and the blind spot monitoring for 150 miles. I use the adaptive cruise constantly on the highway. It is a phenomenal feature that makes my life so much nicer on the highway. My only complaint with the two is the emergency braking can be a little aggressive when cars are making a left or right turn in front of you and you start accelerating before they are completely out of the way of the sensors.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The problem with the adaptive cruise control and safety package is if you get a crack in the windshield it's real expensive to replace and if you smash a tail light it's I believe almost $900.00 for the safety one verses $500.00 for the non safety one.

No, all they NEED to do is replace the glass. It's not true that they MUST be realigned. Most glass companies seem to say that apparently to upsell, but mine was replaced fine with NO adjustment. They replaced the glass, period. Several here have had the windshield replaced with NO adjustment. Unless you hit a tree and bend the structure, the glass simply sits in front of the electronics, they aren't attached to it.

You are spot-on for the tail lights.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Get them, they are worth the extra cost. The blind spot has saved me once already from some asshole in a Charger weaving through traffic. I wasn't looking to get the Adaptive Cruise and emergency braking package, but it was on the only Gator Overland I could find for that had leather and the blind spot monitoring for 150 miles. I use the adaptive cruise constantly on the highway. It is a phenomenal feature that makes my life so much nicer on the highway. My only complaint with the two is the emergency braking can be a little aggressive when cars are making a left or right turn in front of you and you start accelerating before they are completely out of the way of the sensors.

Resale will be better as more and more and more vehicles come standard with these things, even pickups.

 

[Y2kcbr600]

Having had several Grand Cherokees with these features I found that I don't like the highest level safety features (lane assist, fancy cruise control, auto stop) Jeep uses because of their limited operation and intrusive operation. I bought a JL thinking I needed the lower safety package (blind spot and parking sensors) I enjoyed on the GC. The lower level aren't as good (GC will stop when backing to avoid a collision JL doesn't). Now have a JT without and don't miss them. These features make drivers lazy and less attentive, and Jeep's systems are not sophisticated enough to use daily with how aggressive others and possibly you drive. Now, cooled seats, that's an option I would pay for!

 

[TommyGp]

Well I placed my order without them. All solid arguments for them, but I just couldn’t justify it. Coming from a 7’ tall, 22’ long 3/4 ton diesel, the Gladiator is like a Hot Wheel! ?

 

[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

We have adaptive cruise, lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring, and rear cross traffic notification on our VW GTI and Toyota Highlander. We’ll likely never buy another vehicle without these features.

Are you planning on taking long drives in any of your travels? I imagine we’ve all experienced fatigue from a long day on the road. All of these features help to decrease that fatigue. Also, think of any of the following real world situations:

• Snacking during a road trip and you’re trying to unwrap your food
• Kids in the car are complaining about something
• You’re deep in conversation with a passenger
• You’re on a phone call (even using hands free)
• You see something interesting in the scenery you’re passing through and take a second to look
• An accident has occurred on the other side of the road and you can’t help to take a look at it
• You’re backing out of your driveway or a parking spot and the mailbox/vehicle next to you is blocking your view and you can’t see the car coming down the roads
• It’s late at night and you’re tired after a long say and just want to get home
• You point your side view mirrors directly back so you get a view of the rear of your own car

Even the best drivers among us are likely encountering one or more of the above situations or someone on the road around us is. In every single one of those situations, one of the above mentioned electric safety aids would be beneficial and I’ve seen them all in action. The life of my wife and kid is worth more than $1.5k to get the safety tools. If you own it for five years or more, it’s less than a dollar per day.

My $0.02.

Agreed!

 

[SwampNut]

I had the AEB save me from a moron turning left in front of me, we couldn't see each other due to a truck, in the way, he saw that as "must be ok to go." ACC is simply fantastic to have, particularly on long road trips with a trailer. So relaxing.

My insurance discounts added up to over $40/mo and I'm paying less than $50/mo with Progressive, $250/500k liability, $500 deductibles, UI/UIM, etc.

 

[JCHGlad]

Backup, and blind spot I love, don’t care for the rest YMMV

 

[SwampNut]

Blind spot annoys the hell out of me. I'm constantly watching my mirrors, that's not a place I need warnings about. It goes off because I always turn my signal on well before I'm going to change lanes, and a car may still be there. I'm letting the guy behind him know my plans.

I guess I need to start being more aggressive and only signal half way into the change, like so many people do.

The cross traffic warning for parking lots as you back out helps me almost daily, because one particular place I go to 4-5 times a week has a super crowded parking lot with low visibility.

 

[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

The cross traffic warning for parking lots as you back out helps me almost daily, because one particular place I go to 4-5 times a week has a super crowded parking lot with low visibility.

Yes. And so many SUVs with dark-tinted glass, so you cannot possibly see to back out.

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