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The same rationale that applies for allowing cars with Cruise Control? Is it impossible to have a fatal crash when you set the car on cruise control and doze of

• buvanshak 9y ago
  >The same rationale that applies for allowing cars with Cruise Control? Cruise control ll control the steering? I thought it just maintain the speed...
• mdorazio 9y ago
  No, the same rationale does not apply at all. It's not even close. Cruise control does nothing but maintain a set speed. No steering, no lane assist, nothing else. All drivers know that if they set cruise control, they are still in control of the car and have to remain aware of the road to handle all the actual driving while their foot gets a break. On the other hand, here was a conversation with my dad in his Model 3 yesterday: Me: Why aren't your hands on the wheel? Him: They don't need to be. It tells me once in a while when I need to touch the wheel. Think about that for a minute. This is representative of your average driver. People are so blindly trusting of autopilot that they deliberately don't even touch the wheel at all, opting instead to play with their phone until the car nags them to pay attention for one second. This is so completely different than cruise control that the two are barely comparable in terms of driver mindset.
  • shanghaiaway 9y ago
    That's not even the average driver, but an early adopter. The average driver would more likely think they can take a nap in the back seat while autopilot drives them to the office.