[Dr. Sivana]

I've often JOKED that my vehicle's cruise control knew its way home, and yet was still smart enough to not actually TRY it!

In the early days of cruise control, the feature was sometimes called "auto pilot". In law school, pne of the casebook lists an action where a visitor from Japan rented an RV, and after setting the cruise control, went to take a nap. There was a lawsuit. He lost.

[SamAdams76]

I have a Subaru Outback with "smart" cruise control, in which it will not only maintain a desired speed but will slow down as necessary to maintain adequate space between the car in front. It will even keep the car between in the lane as the electronic "eyes" keeps the car between the white lines of the highway.

It's a little eerie seeing it work and when approaching a curve, I like to freak out my passengers by taking my hands of the wheel and letting the car steer into the curve.

However, if you keep your hands off the wheel for too long, an alarm in the car starts going off.

[usconservative]

I just have to shake my head at how stupid the people in this world have become, and the level of stupidity keeps growing.

Makes me glad that the amount of time I have left through the windshield of life is small and the amount of time in the rear view mirror goes over the horizon.

I honestly don't think I can live much longer with the stupidity I run into every day. Here's the other side of that: when you run into someone who still has smarts and commonsense, you both look at each other and shake your heads at how stupid the world's become and start comparing stories.

It's like making a new friend at that point. Just me? Am I the only one that happens to? Lord, I hope not. Those of us with intelligence and commonsense need to band together.