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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Does AutoPilot require the driver to be paying attention to the road at all? SuperCruise will start throwing a hissy fit once it notices your eyes aren't focused out the windshield.

No. AutoPilot is essentially a better than usual Adaptive Cruise system. It requires that the driver maintain contact with the steering while or at lease touch it every few seconds. SuperCruise has a driver attention monitoring system that actually tracks where the driver’s eyes are looking in order to detect drowsiness or complete lack of attention. Two different approaches to Level 2 autonomy (there are 5 levels).

I drove one of the earlier releases of AutoPilot. It basically reads the lines on the road to determine where it needs to be. Just like any other adaptive cruise control. The big difference is it can change lanes by simply having the driver lightly push the turn signal stalk in the direction of the lane change. I had a number of times where the car couldn’t read the lines and tossed control back to me with little warning. Once was on a cloverleaf. A large cardboard box covered up part of one of the lines. Fun times.

The other thing about the car I drove. It was a P85D. Scary fast. Could probably take a ZL1. It was top of the line back then. Now they are up to P100D. I know that can take a ZL1. 0-60 is under 3.0 and it corners like there’s a vertical pole through the center.