General Motors has the autonomous driving bug. It's catching because it is becoming more and more clear that, as traffic continues to worsen, driving is something that people won't want to
do.
In this column Joseph Szczesny gets to experience GM's "Unnerving" Super Cruise technology, which is only being tested,
but which "offers a glimpse into the future of motoring," he notes.
Essentially the technology, an advanced version of adaptive cruise control modulates, steers the vehicle and keeps it
on pace with the ambient traffic. "It slows when the researchers simulate a back-up around a freeway off ramp and speeds up as the traffic eases. We’re quickly back up to freeway speed."
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