Mirak
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This is where, respectfully, this discussion keeps bogging down. The fact is that "drivers are expected to be in full control of the car at all times" even with the added "self driving" capability. Not opinion - fact. So the question is: what does the $600 package actually give you besides trading one form of driver supervision for another possibly stricter form of driver supervision? That is THE question.To be clear, lane-center is NOT a self-driving feature and should not be thought of as such. Drivers are expected to be in full control of the car at all times. Lane center simply notices if you start to drift and tries to keep you centered in the lane. It does not know what it may encounter on the road.
The self-driving feature expected later this year isn't the same... that system DOES know what to expect to encounter on the road. It knows when it is approaching a curve, etc. The computer is ok as long as the road looks like what the computer expects the road to look like.
In answer to that question, you and others opine that the $600 will also get you a superior, more reliable version of lane keep assist through access to these pre-mapped highways. And maybe that's true. Maybe. But I don't think we actually know that yet. I hope it is true - that might be worth it to me.
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