First published here five years ago today.
Smarter than the driver
Dan Neil reports on some intelligent new safety technology:
The new M45 is also equipped with Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) — now fairly commonplace in luxury cars — that above certain speeds maintains a pre-set following distance with the help of radar or laser emitters in the car’s nose. When the car ahead slows down, you slow down.
In Albuquerque (and elsewhere) this feature comes with an optional “Road Rage” setting that allows you to program your car to speed up when the vehicle in front of you slows down.
Haha, this reminds me of a story I read in the Journal back in the 90s regarding undercover/plainclothes police officers cruising around in unmarked cars, trying to bait drivers into tailgating them. Some drivers were upset at the entrapment.