Vehicle and driver

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Currently the only system to allow hands-free driving for extended periods, Super Cruise relies on an infrared camera pointed at the driver to determine whether sufficient attention is being paid to the road. Ford will launch a similar system called BlueCruise later this year. Since our hands were already off the wheel, we tested the Caddy's capability by taking our eyes off the road.

It shut us down, but even today's most sophisticated system isn't foolproof. We tricked it with a pair of gag glasses emblazoned with eyeballs. Finally, we went for the full monty, getting out of the driver's seat and letting the car fend for itself [see Safety First , below].

Every last vehicle let us. Most of them, when saddled with a weight on the helm, would mind the steering and speed for as long as you dare.

Riding lawn mowers can detect a missing driver. Why can't cars? While some vehicles cancel driver aids when the seatbelt is unlatched, a determined fool can simply buckle the belt over an empty driver's seat; no vehicle can tell the difference. The BMW, Mercedes, and Cadillac fared best against driver misuse, with the Germans having a touch-sensitive steering-wheel sensor and Cadillac's Super Cruise remaining active for only 18 seconds with no one behind the wheel—unless, of course, you put a mannequin wearing eyeball glasses in the seat.

As these systems continue to gain capabilities, we suspect drivers will become increasingly emboldened to take risks. Automakers should close these loopholes to head off future idiocy. No vehicle today is designed for the driver to leave their post, and doing so is flagrantly dangerous. While it's perfectly possible to leap from the driver's seat to the passenger's at speed, an inadvertent kick to the steering wheel could send the car into calamity.

So we used a lead car to slow the test vehicle, which was running adaptive cruise control, to a complete stop before we hopped over the console.