Advanced Safety Features are Preventing People from Racing

An official BMW Car Club of America (BMWCCA) Chapter has banned newer cars from track days.

First reported by , the ban comes from the Genesee Valley Chapter (GVC) for cars with “automatic emergency braking” and/or “lane keeping assistance” systems. The Chapter says it’s because the systems cause the cars to behave in unpredictable and undesirable ways on a racetrack. Due to the uncertainty about how the systems behave in a variety of conditions, any vehicle equipped with the technology – even if it can be disabled – are banned from GVC’s HDPE events.

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While these systems help in saving lives and preventing accidents on public roadways, they may prove troublesome for those purchasing a high-performance BMW and looking forward to taking it to the track. Even worse, this could just be the beginning and other racing association could follow – especially if these accident prevention systems end up causing accidents on the race track due to their unpredictability.