Active driving assistance is the brand agnostic generic term for what some may know as level two, S.A. It's kind of become the industry-esque term for brand agnostic level two, ACC and LCA. CR doesn't endorse hands-free driving. We don't necessarily think that it's super safe to be holding a messy burger in one hand and a really hot coffee in the other hand while watching a system you could need to take immediately immediate control of with no notice.
Consumer Reports vehicle technology maven and friend of the show Kelly Funkhouser returns to discuss CR's new rankings for active driver assistance systems, the class of systems pioneered by Tesla Autopilot. Kelly explains why the ranking emphasizes collaborative and driver monitoring features over automation, how critical these elements are to the safety of such systems, where her work ranking them will go from here, and much more.