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As someone who drives a car with adaptive cruise control, that's awesome. My car leaves a safe following distance and sometimes people behind me expect me to re
by daft_pink 3y ago
As someone who drives a car with adaptive cruise control, that's awesome. My car leaves a safe following distance and sometimes people behind me expect me to react to their tailgaiting or aggression. Having an indicator that clearly indicates the car is driving automatically should reduce aggressive driving over time.
Also I worry sometimes that other drivers will think I'm boxing them in, but it's only the car leaving a safe following distance and is completely automatic. I want to say.... "It's the automated driving function" to those people.
- _rs 3y agoOn the other hand, if they're boxed in and unable to maneuver, does it really matter the reason behind it?
- Spivak 3y agoMy solution to that problem is bring more oblivious than they are mad. You can get 1" behind my car for all I care I won't even notice.
- daft_pink 3y agoI've been driving for years and I don't brake check tailgaters, but I don't accelerate either. The only times someone has rear ended me was when I stopped at a traffic light and they weren't paying attention, so as much as people try to intimidate you, it's rare they will actually hit if you are driving in a reasonable manner, so I think it's actually fairly safe. I would like to reduce peoples stress though and I feel like indicating that your vehicle is in some sort of automated mode would likely reduce other drivers stress and generally be beneficial.