TaoJones
Beyond Driven
That's just sad. Condolences all the way around.
That said, I have a hard time correlating the accident in any way to AP other than with regard to the fact that AP was in use.
I still firmly believe that AP should have been called DriverAssist, but that ship has long since sailed. Mariners and aviators know what AP are and are not, but the general public? Not so much.
My primary point is if the driver had (just) cruise control engaged, would the headlines read "Cruise control engaged..."? Maybe back in the day when cruise control was a new thing.
I'm not going to blame the shorts for fomenting hysteria, but I'm also going to reserve judgment until after the accident investigation is complete. Those perpendicular divided highway crossings are fraught with peril to begin with.
Again, condolences to his family and friends, whom I'm sure at the moment couldn't care less about the technology and stock price.
That said, I have a hard time correlating the accident in any way to AP other than with regard to the fact that AP was in use.
I still firmly believe that AP should have been called DriverAssist, but that ship has long since sailed. Mariners and aviators know what AP are and are not, but the general public? Not so much.
My primary point is if the driver had (just) cruise control engaged, would the headlines read "Cruise control engaged..."? Maybe back in the day when cruise control was a new thing.
I'm not going to blame the shorts for fomenting hysteria, but I'm also going to reserve judgment until after the accident investigation is complete. Those perpendicular divided highway crossings are fraught with peril to begin with.
Again, condolences to his family and friends, whom I'm sure at the moment couldn't care less about the technology and stock price.