Dangerous misuse of ADAS! Man leaves Mahindra XUV 700 steering wheel to make Instagram reel

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Making reels on Instagram has become quite a thing nowadays and people go to any extent to become popular on social media. In a viral video, a man who was driving a Mahindra XUV700 left his steering wheel to make reels for Instagram

Making video while driving
Mahindra XUV700

The man was seen misusing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) which is primarily used to avert accidents

Dangerous misuse of
Advanced Driver Assistance
Systems (ADAS)

The video showed that the driver seems to be relaxing by putting his feet over the headrest of the passenger seat, leaving the car steering unattended 

Man put his feet on the passenger’s seat

A Twitter user shared the video and said, "Just randomly happened to come across a reel!! Trust,me you would not see such a bizarre & moronic stuff related to Automobile stuff!! Unreal just for reel @anandmahindra @MahindraXUV700 it's a travesty that we have to share roads with people like these..This is just insane !!" 

Twitter user reacts

ADAS is a group of electronic technologies made to help in driving and parking via a secure human-machine interface. The role of ADAS is also to lessen the number of traffic accidents, which helps to prevent fatalities and injuries

What is ADAS?

The undated video garnered millions of likes on Twitter and around 400 retweets

Million likes on Twitter

Mahindra XUV700's price starts from Rs 13.44 lakh and goes up to Rs 23.59 lakh.  XUV700 comes in 23 variants with 5 colour options

Mahindra XUV700 price

The Mahindra XUV700 comes with a 2198 cc diesel engine and 1999 cc petrol engine. It is available with automatic & manual transmissions. The XUV700 is a 7-seater 4-cylinder car and has a length of 4695mm, a width of 1890mm, and a wheelbase of 2750mm

Mahindra XUV700 features

Mahindra XUV700 is equipped with Adrenox system, Sony music system, high beam assist, 360-degree parking camera, and more

Mahindra XUV700 specs