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Volkswagen Debuts Self-Driving 'Temporary Autopilot' For New Cars

Posted June 24, 2011 3:51 PM

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Drivers of Volkswagens could soon forget about fender benders or lane drifting on the Autobahn - their cars will take care of those little problems. The German automaker debuted a new "Temporary Autopilot" (TAP) program that can control the car semi-automatically at speeds up to 80 mph. It combines existing driver-assist functions found in many cars nowadays, like adaptive cruise control and side monitoring for safer lane-changing, with a radar system, laser scanner and ultrasonic sensors.

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06/25/2011 5:50 PM

Would TAP react to an animal or person jumping in front of the vehicle? There are too many variables for this to be foolproof at this time. Great idea otherwise.

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06/26/2011 11:32 AM

So, now there's no reason to look at the road at all? You can text, put on makeup, eat and even surf the web, all while "driving" to work.

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06/27/2011 3:27 AM

And do it at 130 mph next, this is what will change the world a bit , not reducing your speed , but make speed safer.

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06/29/2011 12:25 PM

This would be great on the highway when you want to dial your smart phone's touch screen.

Use it like cruse control, not autopilot!

I would prefer this to autopilot. At least until I grow up and should not be driving

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