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Originally Posted by Fuzz
But that's how you end up dead. That's the danger of these 95% systems. A false sense of ability lulls you into complacency, which is exactly why this recall happened in the first place.
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That's if you put all your reliance on the technology. Fair comment for the average individual, but I personally don't do that. I still turn around and look out the back even with a back up camera.
What would be nice would be having the ability to quickly turn that on and turn to drink coffee/energy drink, have a quick snack while on a relatively boring and straight part of a highway without concerns I might miss something innocuous or float across the line. I can occasionally take a short mental break vs having to concentrate the whole time.
I'm not talking about what that Edmonton couple did where they slept and had their Tesla going 130 kmph up the QE2. I agree that's how you end up dead. I'm talking about using it in small scenarios where I'd be concerned a minor and momentary (vs monumental) lapse in judgement would be catastrophic. I'd be OK following behind an 18 wheeler at a distance with just minor attention to the whole scenario via these features too if I didn't have to constantly evaluate other things and continually drain my mental energy reserves. If anything it might help if I'm not in rush to reach a destination so that I could get a short momentary break in concentration.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I have a Genesis now and it has a great lane centering, radar cruise and highway drive assist. I just did 9 hours to an area north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan a couple weeks ago and it's such a game changer compared to just regular old lane keep (or nothing) and standard non-radar cruise control. It really takes so much pressure off and lets you relax a ton more than driving in a car without it.
Also traffic jams and rush hour are big nothings to me now. Just press a button and my car drives me home, more or less.
Mine can adjust the speed to match signs (or you can set it to let you go 5 or 10 over), but I don't use that. I just keep the hammer down and hope my radar detector does the rest. So far so good on that.
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Very similar if not exactly how I'd want to use that technology.
