Are cars getting too smart?
Maybe!
In earlier cars we have had I was happy to have power steering. Now we have ESP, ABS and so on.WE have computer readouts for mpg,trip mileage, miles left before refill. There is facility for a phone connection with handsfree etc etc.
BUT.....
Just how many of these enhance my driving
Like phones with 500,000 apps do I need all these things? How many times, if at all; will they get used?
OK, it IS nice that I can see how many miles I still have left after the warning buzzer has indicated 50mls because I might be on a Mway and have distance to next Services!
ESP can help prevent skidding in ice or snow but if it is constantly in operation otherwise then you are travelling too fast for the conditions.
THEREFORE, by having more and more computer aided devices/driving aids it ends up with the car doing the driving and the 'thinking':amazed:
Top Gear showed a vehicle that, once programmed; drove itself without the drivers' assistance or participation.
Some might argue that, with the idiots who we see daily on the roads; an AI car is the way forward but if you want to go from A to B without being alert to conditions and surroundings get on a train or take a bus/taxi.
By the by.
Could we have AI in cars which stops people using a phone at all?? IF drivers cannot have sense to use handsfree!
With innovations like brake assistance, lane control, system that monitor driver alertness, self parking, anti roll back on a hill start and other safety systems we have to ask the question if our cars are getting too smart.
Surely when drivers start relying on these systems they cease to be useful and start to create a generation of lazy inobservant drivers?
Has anyone used brake assist on a car? How do you cope going back to a regular car?