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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by jedberg on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:11PM (#17963858)
I have one of those too but I find that it's only useful in light traffic. Anything more and it likes to slam on the brakes anytime someone merges into the lane. They still need to work on that software a bit.
Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by irq on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:50PM (#17964436)
BMW's latest rev of this tech (they call it 'active cruise control') has an adjustable sensitivity for brake response. Default setting is very good; it only slams on the brakes if it absolutely has to, otherwise it's a gradual response. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good.