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Drivers are 24% more likely to speed when using adaptive cruise control

Enlarge / Before anyone else runs to the comments to point it out, almost no adaptive cruise control systems will engage at speeds above 95 mph. (credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) Another day, another Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study looking at how people are using advanced driver assistance systems. Like the study we covered on […]

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Strapping a giant teddy bear to a car in the name of highway safety

Enlarge / Would you notice if a large pink bear in a high-vis vest drove past you on the highway? (credit: IIHS) Depending on your perspective, the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that are appearing in more and more new cars are either a panacea for an epidemic of distracted driving or a reaction to […]

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