Adaptive cruise control allows a driver to set a speed just
like an ordinary cruise control. The
difference is that if traffic slows, adaptive cruise control will slow your
vehicle as well. If traffic slows
dramatically, adaptive cruise will alert you to take action. How many lives would be saved if that
technology was required on ALL cars?
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| Gorgeous, but tough Luck If I Don't Want a Hemi! |
BLIS or Blind Spot Information System lets you know with a
visible or audible alert when there is something in your blind spot. Wow, no more pulling out to pass and side
swiping the motorcycle that came up behind you and was hidden in your blind
spot.
Cross traffic alert is when your backing up and you have a
behemoth on either side of you and all you can see are hub caps. It alerts you to traffic not just directly
behind you but traffic coming from either direction.
All of this is available right now but unless you are
willing to buy a luxury model, most likely you won’t be able to get it. The Dodge Charger has all of that available
but unless you are willing to get the Charger with a Hemi, you can’t get it
all. What if you don’t want the Hemi,
you like the looks but really don’t need a gazillion horses? Tough luck, you can’t get all the bells and
whistles without taking the requisite Hemi.
I am aware of the profit motivation. Auto dealers need to make a living BUT it
shouldn’t be to the detriment of the driving public. Every model car should have the option of
adding whatever safety devices are available.
Sure they may be expensive options but that should be the buyer’s
choice, not the dealers.
I looked for adaptive cruise and many cars including the
ones that were on the lots of dealers.
The dealers have decided that buyers would rather have a sunroof than
adaptive cruise. Often the price is
approximately the same so Dealers have decided that the buyer would prefer to
have an option that may never be used instead of an option that could save
their life.
If auto dealers were willing to provide what buyers actually
want instead of assuming that buyers are too stupid to decide what options they
want, I suspect that people would be willing to buy new cars more often. If you have a 5 year old car and are unable
to do anything but improve cosmetics, why buy a new one. But if you could increase the level of
safety for your family, I feel you would be much more inclined to trade up to
more safety. I believe the buying public
is much smarter than auto dealers realize.
Perhaps if we all demanded change, maybe, just maybe you could buy the
car you want instead of the one they have in stock.
If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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