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I've had the radar-assist cruise control for two years (complete with braking) and everything, and I view it as a first step towards automated driving. People
by mschy 17y ago
I've had the radar-assist cruise control for two years (complete with braking) and everything, and I view it as a first step towards automated driving.
People aren't likely to accept automated driving (even if it's statistically safer than the average driver) but they will pretty readily accept driving aids that watch the car in front of you, and watch if you're in your lane, and what not. I expect those "aids" to continue to advance and expand with them being "aids" for a long time, until liability problems are solved.
And FWIW, I've had no issue when driving rental cars that don't have the radar/laser based cruise control. The experience of regular cruise control and radar/laser cruise control is sufficiently different that there's really no way to mix them up.
- elblanco 17y agoOn long stretches of Highway in the American West, there really isn't a whole lot of driving to do except keep the car in the lane. It's pretty clear that we're getting painfully close to fully automated highway driving.
- mschy 17y agoI wouldn't describe fully automated highway driving as painful in the least. I'd be quite happy about it. After all, highway driving isn't remotely interesting from a "driving" viewpoint, so I'd hardly miss it.
- tree_of_item 17y ago"Painfully" close as in very close. I don't think he meant to say that automated highway driving was painful.
- elblanco 17y agoRight, that's what I meant, apologies for lack of clarity.