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Comment by ilaksh | Hacker News Reader

They mentioned the car has to have built in radar already.

My understanding is that this will only work with late-model Honda/Acura with LKAS & ACC packages, they hack into these systems for control. http://automobiles.honda.com/sensing/

OK so reading that, those new cars actually have most if not all of the self driving autopilot type features built in, very similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level). So I am guessing this device mainly just engages those built-in systems a little more frequently than they were designed? I mean what does the product actually do, or is it just basically Honda didn't want to market it as self driving yet but this guy decided he would?

> similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level).

With that comment you probably mean the inherent difference of the Tesla/Hotz/German style of live online interpretation of the world, compared to the inferior Google style offline collected Google maps, where the SW matches the view with the offline world. Because in the Google world you cannot drive a street which is not in the system. The Google system is not advanced enough to interpret changed speed signs, changed roads, temporary road contruction, ...

What car has built in radar? I'd love to get one and have it repeatedly send out radar pulses so cops think I'm going 200MPH.

Nearly every car maker offers it as a $2,000 to $5,000 technology/driver assistance package.

Cool, now I can drive safely and probably mess with radar systems.

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