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Apologies if this is off topic for this site, but I couldn't find a relevant site on the Stack Exchange network for this question.

I'm going to buy a new car and I'd like one that can essentially drive itself on a highway without user input. My driving is essentially highway driving, and if the car can take over once I'm on the highway, this will make life so much easier. Specifically, I want the car to be able to adjust speeds to account for cars in front of me (adaptive cruise control) and stay in my lane even when the road turns (lane centering).

I know Tesla's newer cars do this, but they are currently quite expensive (until the Model 3 is out). Are there other cars on the market today that can do this, while also being affordable (say below $35K)?

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Operating a motor vehicle is the most dangerous thing people do on a daily basis. In the US alone, 35,000 people die from this every single year, that's 3 times the murder rate. So, look at your car, then look at your neighbourhood drug dealer wearing his pants halfway down to his knees with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun sticking out of his underwear. Your car is 3x more likely to kill you than he is. And here is why:

  • ABS tried to kill me once (stupid rental car had summer tires and we had an unexpected blizzard and the ABS prevented the brakes from being applied AT ALL)
  • people have died because their cruise control spun the car off the road in poor weather
  • the onboard computer (on the same stupid rental) tried to kill me twice (one time, I was trying to clear an intersection on a changing traffic light and an oncoming car was driving erratically making me give the car confusing commands, i.e., hard on the gas, hard on the brakes, then hard on the gas again. The onboard computer must have thought I was having a stroke so it rev-limited the engine to 2000 rpms. Ever tried clearing an intersection on what is basically a high idle? The second time, the computer had a split second hesitation before kicking in the electronic power steering, I was travelling at 80 kph towards a concrete barrier at the time with a sharp left bend)
  • people have driven off cliffs because the GPS told them to

Keep your hands on the wheel, keep your eyes on the road, keep your feet on the pedals, and keep the frigging electronics out of the car.

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