. . BlueCruise is Ford's marquee automated driving assist technology, which enables hands-free driving on some highways. Unlike some automakers, Ford doesn't tout this system as autonomous or "self-driving," and instructs drivers to keep their eyes on the road. The vehicle also enforces this with driver monitoring that deactivates the program if the driver is suspected of becoming distracted. BlueCruise is widely held to be one of the most capable such systems available to U.S. consumers, alongside General Motors' comparable Super Cruise—though GM's system is usable in more places.
This crash is significant because it's the first to involve a hands-free driving assist available to the public, rather than a driverless vehicle like GM's Cruise AVs, or a less capable hands-on system like Tesla's. BlueCruise's implication also highlights the failure of Ford's other passive safety technologies, such as Co-Pilot360, which features forward collision warning, automated emergency braking, and "evasive steering assist" that can aid a driver in swerving around an obstacle. . .
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This exactly why we need to eliminate all vehicles. If it saves just one one person.
Dang assault vehicles.
"a witness saw the Honda immobile in the road with its lights off before another vehicle impacted it, fatally injuring the Honda's driver."
I am always surprised at the sheer volume of people who have no clue what their hazard lights are for. The dead person is probably some dumbshit beaner spic that was simply given a drivers license. Fuck that person for sitting there with their lights off.
I would trust the awareness and decision making ability of a Casio digital watch before I'd trust most people. I wouldn't leap into a crosswalk in front of an autonomous vehicle, but I'm sure it wouldn't cross 4 lanes of traffic doing 25 over as some people do either. The description of the crash seems to indicate it was a "found a bigger idiot" situation.
Live by the beep, die by the boop.
There have been several crashes and a fatality involving these types of vehicles. A two ton projectile going 65mph should not be driverless.
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