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Ford Explorers (and possibly other) have adaptive (automated) cruise control. It's not really scary at all because it measures the distance between your car and
by singer 15y ago
Ford Explorers (and possibly other) have adaptive (automated) cruise control. It's not really scary at all because it measures the distance between your car and the car in front of you, and determines the proper speed to drive. It's no different than you performing that calculation in your head and making the correct adjustment to the gas peddle.
- weaksauce 15y agoStill a bit scary... Did you see the Volvo demo video of the exact same technology you describe go full speed into the back of a truck?
- AretNCarlsen 15y agoYes, and "if Captain Sully had been flying an Airbus he would have crashed because they don't allow manual control". The objective is to reduce the total number of crashes, even if that means that you feel like you have less control of when you do crash.
- nobody314159 15y agoCapt Sully was flying an airbus and the NTSB have credited it with maintaining airspeed automatically allowing a safe landing. Although they did credit Sully with starting the APU to allow the full airbus systems to continue operating rather than the more manual emergency only mode you have with the RAT.