Subj : Re: Physical buttons in vehicles
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 13:33:20

  Re: Re: Physical buttons in vehicles
  By: paulie420 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 31 2023 06:34 pm

 pa> I drive many new model vehicles b/c I get a new one every couple months
 pa> for a work vehicle - so I get to see a lot of the newer stuff...

I've been seeing commercials on TV recently for GMC's hands-free driving feature, where apparently you don't have to have your hands on the steering wheel.  They say it even has an automatic lane change feature (so it could pass slow cars automatically, for instance).  GMC's ad shows this for their trucks and SUVs (I don't recall seeing a regular car in the commercial).  GMC's commercial shows drivers enabling hands-free driving and then doing Queen's "We Will Rock You" with their hands, which IMO looks a bit silly..

I've heard Ford has a similar feature.  I still wonder how safe these automatic driving features are and how well they work.

Nightfox
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