It's probably good for teens who don't pay attention when they drive, they are too busy texting and/or searching internet and/or having fun with their friends ...
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Good news: You can buy a car today that will stop itself from crashing, keep itself in lane and even speed up and slow down to match the traffic ahead.
Even better news: You don't have to go broke paying for it. Cars with this type of sort-of-self-driving technology now start at about $20,000.
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It’s one of the auto world’s most important and least discussed breakthroughs: Cheap starter cars are now being sold with some of the most sophisticated “driver assist” technology on the road.
So how do they perform against today's "Autopilot"-enabled luxury cars, like the $130,000 Tesla Model S or $66,000 Volvo XC90? You'd be surprised. We test-drove two of the cheapest models with semi-driverless technology — the 2016 Honda Civic and 2016 Chevy Malibu — and we're convinced: No matter what your budget looks like, your next car might just drive itself.
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What they do offer, though, might surprise you: Cameras and computers that alert you (and hit the brakes) when they suspect a potential crash; systems that smoothly steer the car along turns and curves at highway speeds; and even "adaptive cruise control," which changes its speed, second by second, to mimic the flow of traffic. That last feature allowed me to drive 15 straight miles on a busy, winding highway with my feet off the pedals and my hands in the lap — all in a Civic, one of the most popular cars in America, and starting at about $20,440.
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But here's where it gets finicky. When a car ahead of you moves out of the way, how fast is too fast for your own car to speed up? The Civic seemed to accelerate a little too slowly for my tastes — but any faster, perhaps, and another driver might feel unnerved. There’s no one-size-fits-all.
Speaking of nerves, taking my feet off the pedals and easing my grip on the wheel while zooming down the highway was about as unsettling as you might think. And when the ghost in the machine speeds up or steers on its own, it can start to feel a bit — spooky. These cars demand a lot of trust. I found it comforting, after a bit, knowing the car had my back. You (or your passengers) may not feel the same way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...ost-only-20000/
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Good news: You can buy a car today that will stop itself from crashing, keep itself in lane and even speed up and slow down to match the traffic ahead.
Even better news: You don't have to go broke paying for it. Cars with this type of sort-of-self-driving technology now start at about $20,000.
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It’s one of the auto world’s most important and least discussed breakthroughs: Cheap starter cars are now being sold with some of the most sophisticated “driver assist” technology on the road.
So how do they perform against today's "Autopilot"-enabled luxury cars, like the $130,000 Tesla Model S or $66,000 Volvo XC90? You'd be surprised. We test-drove two of the cheapest models with semi-driverless technology — the 2016 Honda Civic and 2016 Chevy Malibu — and we're convinced: No matter what your budget looks like, your next car might just drive itself.
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What they do offer, though, might surprise you: Cameras and computers that alert you (and hit the brakes) when they suspect a potential crash; systems that smoothly steer the car along turns and curves at highway speeds; and even "adaptive cruise control," which changes its speed, second by second, to mimic the flow of traffic. That last feature allowed me to drive 15 straight miles on a busy, winding highway with my feet off the pedals and my hands in the lap — all in a Civic, one of the most popular cars in America, and starting at about $20,440.
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But here's where it gets finicky. When a car ahead of you moves out of the way, how fast is too fast for your own car to speed up? The Civic seemed to accelerate a little too slowly for my tastes — but any faster, perhaps, and another driver might feel unnerved. There’s no one-size-fits-all.
Speaking of nerves, taking my feet off the pedals and easing my grip on the wheel while zooming down the highway was about as unsettling as you might think. And when the ghost in the machine speeds up or steers on its own, it can start to feel a bit — spooky. These cars demand a lot of trust. I found it comforting, after a bit, knowing the car had my back. You (or your passengers) may not feel the same way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...ost-only-20000/
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