I don't like electronic nannies either, and I immediately turn off any of the lane departure / lane keep type stuff. Adaptive cruise is the one exception for me as it does take the misery out of long highway trips, especially when you're just chilling on cruise and someone slows down ahead, merges, etc. The automatic reaction, without having to manually pause your cruise, is pretty sweet. I don't do a ton of that type of driving these days, but if I did, adaptive cruise would be a very nice feature to have.