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A comment on GM's Super Cruise: Driving a 2018 Cadillac CT6 with a Full-On Auto Pilot.

Re:GM's Super Cruise: Driving a 2018 Cadillac CT6 with a Ful... by james_pm on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:46AM (#15356659)
"If none of that succeeds in returning the driver to the task of controlling the vehicle, it will slow to a stop in the lane of travel, put the hazard flashers on, and summon help via OnStar."

I presume they call OnStar since once the car stops in a live lane on the Interstate, the next thing that will happen will be getting rear-ended by a truck.

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Re:GM's Super Cruise: Driving a 2018 Cadillac CT6 with a Ful... by giarc on Thursday September 28, 2017 @09:39AM (#15357028)
The car is likely thinking the person has already suffered a medical event, rather than pre-calling for the impending truck.
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Re:GM's Super Cruise: Driving a 2018 Cadillac CT6 with a Ful... by ghaff on Thursday September 28, 2017 @09:30AM (#15356950)
That does seem a pretty dangerous action. But I guess, if the vehicle doesn't have any real context/understanding of "get off the road if possible" (after all, even lane changes are manual) and the driver is apparently unresponsive, that's pretty much the only option left.
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