BlueCruise 1.0 thoughts after first long distance use

[bigwyo]

One should be driving at all times. Just because the truck is steering itself doesn't alleviate one from being the intelligence in control of the vehicle.

If I have to have my hand hovering over the steering wheel every time I go by an exit, pass another vehicle, go around a curve, or it’s windy, as I said, I might as well be driving. It’s less stressful since I know what I’m going to do, unlike knowing what the Bluecruise driven truck is going to do!

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[hitchhiker]

Sounds good. Will it only work for folks that have Bluecruise, or also the trucks with the active 2.0 system?

BlueCruise is not required.

Again it is incomplete right now and very much at the nerdy early-adopter stage. More info available at the wiki here.

EDIT: I started another thread for OpenPilot discussion: https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/openpilot-on-the-f-150.19342/

 

[2Lazy2P]

My driving experiences with Lane Centering is that it’s a risk and the ping pong effect is pronounced. A bit less so using BlueCruise, but it‘s so immature that it feels like a beta version. The idea that Ford wants to charge for its use is a ballsy way to help underwrite development costs.

 

[natefons]

It is way too expensive for what it does; but, I would rather the premium be paid by people who want to use it rather than adding an additional $XXXX to all trucks across the board.

or you know, install it for people that want it.

its nuts that they want a sub for this crap, especially since this has near 0 recurring cost to them

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