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I have no idea why people are even considering using auto pilot / cruise control. I would say, well, not my problem, let them be guinea pigs and kill themselves
by auggierose 3y ago
I have no idea why people are even considering using auto pilot / cruise control. I would say, well, not my problem, let them be guinea pigs and kill themselves, but then again, they might kill me as a side effect.
This is clearly a failure of regulation. None of this should be allowed.
- chaosprint 3y agomakes sense. cruise control does feel dangerous if there is a car trying to merge on the right. I have to cancel it and manually control every time.
- onionisafruit 3y agoIn driving school they taught us to never use cruise control when passing. It’s only to avoid leg cramps when driving multiple hours in rural highways.
- auggierose 3y agoUnbelievable.
- ksenzee 3y agoIt’s unbelievable that you’re not supposed to use cruise control when passing? It sounds like common sense to me: you’re supposed to be accelerating to get past the other car.
- auggierose 3y agoIt's unbelievable that something so unreliable is allowed to be built into cars, and then people are learning work-arounds in driving school for it, instead of just getting rid of it entirely.
- ksenzee 3y agoCruise control has been around for decades, and is a tool for maintaining a constant speed. When you're passing someone, you should not be maintaining a constant speed. Cruise control is therefore the wrong tool for that situation. Driving school teaches you to use the right tool for that situation, which is the accelerator.
- bigbillheck 3y agoSurely you don't mean "cruise control" in the classic sense of "maintaining a steady speed so you can take your foot off the gas" because that's been around since the 1950s and is well-established.
- auggierose 3y agoI mean any mechanism that cannot be easily understood and predicted by the driver because "AI".
- bigbillheck 3y agoCruise control is as understandable as a turn signal.
- ksenzee 3y agoI agree wholeheartedly that unpredictable software is unacceptable in cars, and I drive an older model car specifically because it's not loaded with touchscreen software "features," but cruise control is the wrong target for your anger. It's old enough to be a retiree with a gold watch.