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Old 12-13-2023, 01:17 PM   #933
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Originally Posted by DoubleF View Post
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.




Very similar if not exactly how I'd want to use that technology.

I think what Fuzz was responding to in your original post though is how you end up dead. The whole not having to be really awake thing for a 40 hour drive.
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