It's such an essential part of life these days that automakers have recognized the importance of giving drivers the ability to send a text message without
ever taking their hands off the wheel.
Even better, at those painfully slow traffic speeds, the car's lane - keeping assist basically becomes self - steering, so I could
even take my hands off the wheel.
If the
driver takes their hands off the wheel for a defined period of time, or the vehicle crosses a lane marking without use of a turn signal, the system countersteers and later provides an audible warning and a visual warning in the instrument cluster, asking the driver to take over steering.
It only seems to function within a very narrow window, and given that you can't
actually take your hands off the wheel, we're not sure if the steering - assist function really makes it any better than a more conventional adaptive cruise control system.
Also, the paddle shifters have now been mounted directly to the newly designed steering wheel (as opposed to the steering column), which allows the driver to select gears of the 6 - speed dual clutch transmission without having to
take his hands off the wheel during mid-turn.
Drivers of a Mazdaspeed 3 or a Mini Cooper S equipped with a limited - slip diff might smugly raise a hand to mock open - diff GTI drivers, except that they wouldn't
dare take their hands off the wheel for fear of torque - steering into a tree.
It can park itself automatically via a remote - control app, allow the driver to
briefly take hands off the wheel at speeds up to 130 mph, adapt to what the vehicle in front is doing, steer itself through obstacles like a narrow construction lane at speeds up to 80 mph, and overtake traffic automatically.
The big news with the 2018 CT6 is the introduction of Super Cruise — a limited self - driving feature that allows you to
take your hands off the wheel entirely, under certain controlled conditions.
Cadillac CT6 Super Cruise is a limited self - driving feature that allows you to
take your hands off the wheel under certain controlled conditions: the automatic safety systems have to be on, and you have to be on an Interstate freeway.
When I became caught in a bit of traffic crawling along at 5 mph, I was able to
take my hands off the wheel completely and experience the closest thing to autonomous driving currently in production.
Bluetooth ® — Place phone calls and have phone conversations without
ever taking your hands off the wheel, or stream your favorite MP3 playlists and podcasts right from your smartphone.
Mercedes - Benz has also made a major contribution to road safety with LINGUATRONIC since the driver no longer needs to
take their hands off the wheel in order to operate the phone or audio units, simplifying things for the driver workload and allowing them to concentrate fully on the traffic.
While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can
take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.
It only seems to function within a very narrow window, and given that you can't
actually take your hands off the wheel, we're not sure if the steering - assist function really makes it any better than a more conventional adaptive cruise control system.
On a stretch of Highway 101, east of downtown San Francisco, Vogt had clicked a button between the front seats, turned a dial to adjust the speed,
taken his hands off the wheel, moved his feet back from the gas pedal and brake — and then turned to look me straight in the face, while, at 60 miles per hour, the scenery ticked by.
The feature, available first on the Cadillac CT6, will allow drivers to
take their hands off the wheel and let the car steer itself on the highway.
But for the record, the NTSB is far from an unqualified fan of Autopilot, which is actually two different systems: advanced adaptive cruise control; and Autosteer, the feature that allows drivers to
take their hands off the wheel.
Drivers could go against what Tesla says and
take their hands off the wheel, however the company is quick to admit that the system does have its faults.
Krafcik's optimism comes as automakers like Tesla market features like Autopilot, which allows drivers to
take their hands off the wheel for short periods of time.
Sure, Nico Hulkenberg wasn't pushing hard in Q2 when
he took his hands off the wheel but he was still going 267kph — or 166mph (not 200mph as the video title suggests)-- at the time.
With this new effort, we are sending a clear message to drivers that there is no excuse to
take your hands off the wheel and eyes off the road because your text can wait until the next Texting Zone.»
Besides the sheer convenience of being able to
take your hands off the wheel, the major appeal of self - driving cars is safer roadways.