I was driving my brand new 2026 Prius Prime SE home from the dealer and the Lane Tracing Assist tried to steer me into a concrete barrier. So I'm having doubts about this feature. I guess the feature doesn't care about obstacles in your lane. I was in a construction zone and my lane was routed around the construction area which was surrounded by concrete barriers. I will investigate whether the lane assist can be disabled, but are there cases where it actually proves useful? (Besides falling asleep at the wheel, which wouldn't be a problem for me in my daily driving.) - Phil
The nature of construction zones means that lots of the paint lines will be changing and the reason why they use all the additional flagging and marking. If you and Toyota are going to blame the construction contractor rather than vehicle safety systems everyone is going to laugh and you'll never win in court. If a car with features that can control the steering can't recognize the challenges of construction zones then you're looking at billions of dollars in product liability litigation.
Sorry, that rite is ONLY reserved for TESLA; like burning the American flag. I believe there's a button on the steering wheel that disables that. Didn't the dealership walk you through those controls before leaving the dealership or were you already asleep? They are suppose to do that according to the north American dealership handbook. I believe the 2026 is equipped with the driver's attention monitor - That you CAN NOT disable. May be possible to turn it OFF with techstream. I'm pretty sure the dealership made time to pitch selling you remote services package, so you could stay connected to the internet while your crashing. YMMV Just remember this as you filling out your owner's satisfaction survey, unless the dealership made you fill that out before handing you the keys. You'll really be pissed when to catch a flat on those thin OEM tires. I got 3 in 35K miles - a record for me. I usually go more than 150K miles between flats. Got 10K on my new, thicker set of tires. Found a nail during my last tire rotation, pulled it out no leaks. 'Knock on wood'......
Unlike on Tesla, Toyota Lane-tracing assist (LTA), which is part of cruise control, works in full collaboration with the driver. LTA is not full self-driving. If there is a construction zone, you are supposed to at least collaborate with it or even better turn it off. To turn it off, all you need to do is to tap on the brake or use the suspend button on the cruise control. So, this is in no ways the car’s fault. You need to learn how to use the cruise control with LTA.
