I just bought a 2022 Kia Telluride and while taking it on our first long road trip, I discovered that it had full-on adaptive cruise control (embarrassed to admit I didn’t even know this while purchasing it). What this translates to is “make minor steering adjustments to stay in your lane, try to cruise at speed X but if there’s a car in front of you going slower, follow them at distance Y”. Intuitive steering wheel controls to adjust X and Y.
As someone who has never driven a self-driving car, I was amazed. I thought this was something only in Teslas and high-end Mercedes. Now I’m discovering it’s basically becoming standard at a certain level of medium luxury.
I do not need, nor do I want more than this. It enables me to take my eyes off the road for enough time to rest my eyes, stretch my back, feet, change the tunes, grab something from the back seat, then settle back in. This is world changing especially when driving at night - I would bet it close to doubles my tolerance for continuous driving. I’ll bet it’s great in stop and go traffic as well, if you don’t care about being cut off by a ton of people.
Given my (pretty in-depth) level of understanding of current state of sensors, control algorithms and AI, this is an activity I trust a car manufacturer to reliably implement. I also like driving. I’ll check back in ten or so years to see how the whole self driving thing is coming along.
As someone who has never driven a self-driving car, I was amazed. I thought this was something only in Teslas and high-end Mercedes. Now I’m discovering it’s basically becoming standard at a certain level of medium luxury.
I do not need, nor do I want more than this. It enables me to take my eyes off the road for enough time to rest my eyes, stretch my back, feet, change the tunes, grab something from the back seat, then settle back in. This is world changing especially when driving at night - I would bet it close to doubles my tolerance for continuous driving. I’ll bet it’s great in stop and go traffic as well, if you don’t care about being cut off by a ton of people.
Given my (pretty in-depth) level of understanding of current state of sensors, control algorithms and AI, this is an activity I trust a car manufacturer to reliably implement. I also like driving. I’ll check back in ten or so years to see how the whole self driving thing is coming along.