摘要: |
There are numerous vehicles on the road today with windshield "smart cameras" (lane keep assist, collision avoidance) and grille-mounted radar sensors (adaptive cruise control) that don't require any tools beyond a scan tool, some decent roads, and com-mon sense to perform many ADAS calibrations.The opposite of resistance to new technologies is the overconfi-dence that can result from the same root cause - lack of driver knowledge. You don't have to do much YouTube browsing to find examples of "self-driving vehicle" driver abuses.There's a concerning newsreel from Inside Edition sporting a collection of dangerous stunts filmed (via "selfies") by the drivers themselves. Stunts, ranging from taking naps while driving, to riding in the passenger seat instead of being behind the wheel. As an experiment (on both a Cadillac with Super Cruise and a Ford Edge with ACC and lane centering, a step up from lane keep assist), I gave up control of the vehicle (with my passenger ready to grab the steering wheel just in case).On the Caddy, I simply closed my eyes for a count. 1,2,3,4, beep, beep, beep. The car's steering column-mounted camera watching my attentiveness noticed a lack thereof and alerted me to "take the wheel," or Super Cruise would disengage (Figure 1). |