Lane Departure Warning Distance

I'd rather it be too sensitive than not enough.

I wish it wouldn't beep at me just for turning my signal on if I've passed the car to my right by more than a car length and I'm traveling faster than that car. It encourages poor behaviour because I find myself delaying when I put on my turn signal which gives less advance warning to other vehicles.
 
Its supposed to be a BLIND SPOT Monitoring system, not a hey theres a car behind you to the right like a quarter mile behind you. The 2018 system is way too conservative. I have mirrors for the 5 car lengths behind me. The system is supposed to warn me about my blind spot, which is immediately behind me to my right or left...
 
I have a '14, a '16, and a '17 Mazda.
The '17 CX5 has a much longer detection distance. Yes, it is too conservative.
No such problem with '1'4 and '16.
I wonder whose bright idea that was to make it so....
 
I wish it wouldn't beep at me just for turning my signal on if I've passed the car to my right by more than a car length and I'm traveling faster than that car. It encourages poor behaviour because I find myself delaying when I put on my turn signal which gives less advance warning to other vehicles.
That's optional. You can turn this off.
 
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