Fizzboy7

Unattractive steering wheel and gauge package. Automatic "pass."
Agreed. We need to take driving more seriously. This practice reduces things even further, making the "I do not pay attention" problem even worse.

I much rather see major car companies pool their money together and expand the U.S. highways system. Can't drive anywhere in SoCal anymore, regardless of human or auto pilot. Let's stick to the things that actually affect people's lives the most.

mmarshall

The main problem is that land has gotten too expensive in the urban areas (like SoCal) that need highway-expansion or new highways the most. Same problem in the D.C. area. In addition, neighborhood NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) groups inevitably fight, and almost inevitably win.

rogerh00

Do you really think car companies are going to donate their profits to Federal and State coffers. Besides, It's practically impossible to build a new road on new alignment with all the environmental restrictions and the NIMBY crowd. In the end the politicians would spend the money on their pet projects not where it's needed.

Sulu

In crowded urban areas, there may not be any space left to add highways. And then if you do add highways, you have the "if you build it, they will come" problem -- building more relieves congestion for a little while until more people start driving those highways and you start snowballing again.

It may be better to invest in ways to get commuters out of their cars, like investing in mass rapid transit.

mmarshall

I've said for years that we need new roads without massive development to go along with it, but things just never seem to work out that way. We also need much more maintenance and upkeep of existing roads, many of which are in deplorable condition.

The big problem with mass transit is that the systems tend to be run incompetently, and have overly-powerful Transit Unions that prevent poor employees from being discharged. Probably nowhere is that more apparent than in the D.C. subway system before the present chief (Paul Wiedefeld) came along. He is the first competent chief the system has had in almost 40 years.

mmarshall

Now, back to Super Cruise. I think we got off-topic.

rogerh00

If you're really interested in learning what Super Cruise is, Alex on Autos has done a nice video and few others are available to what is does in real driving on You Tube.