Self Driving Cars - Have you driven one lateley?

Maybe I should say "driver assisted".

My 2017 MB S550 has so many features its scary, and I know this is only the beginning.

For instance:

1) Auto-Cruise. This feature lets you set the cruise at 75 and it will speed up and slow down with traffic. Even if a car cuts in front of you it will slam on the brakes. Wonderful for crowded freeways. It works so well I can drive from San Diego to LA and never touch the brake or the gas pedals. Now I find myself ignoring the car in front of me because I know the car will self drive. I can text, drink some water, read emails, etc in heavy traffic. No, these are not good habits, but you migrate to them when the car is doing the driving. When I jump in one of my other vehicles it almost seems I'm handicapped by not having the same features.

2) Auto-steer. This feature keeps you in the lane for short periods of time, even if you let go of the steering wheel. If you start to drift over a line without your turn signal on it will bring you back into your lane. While not as reliable as the Auto-cruise it is pretty good. Now one doesn't have to worry about lane drift and can safely text and drive (just kidding but it does lead to that).

3) Top down video. Whoever thought of stitching the feed from the eight cameras to appear that you are looking down at the car from about 20' up showing the surroundings and your car was pretty smart. No more worrying about curbs or objects, behind, in front, or to the side. Perfect parking all the time.

If you haven't experienced these, drop by a Mercedes dealer (or whoever else has them) and try them out.

Yes I know I've made several bad driving habit comments, but that is what these features promote.

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