Adaptive Cruise Control - What's the Difference?

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Driver understanding, education and role of the driver are key. Autopilot systems that you have to first have adaptive cruise control on can be confusing. Tesla was one of the first ones to really kind of show drivers what it's doing in real-time.

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.