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Please don't disengage mentally from driving. If you think you need to do that, take a break instead.

Very much this. Disengaging mentally from driving is a great way to "accidentally" kill somebody.

Don't knock adaptive cruise control until you try it. It is significantly better than plain-vanilla cruise control. I've found that when I use it, I tend to stop caring about if I'm driving "too slow" -- it makes me a less aggressive driver.

My current car has it. The person you're replying to is still correct, if you need to "disengage from driving" then pull over and take a break.

Adaptive cruise control makes driving less stressful/more pleasant but you still have to be mentally there. No system is full proof, and certainly not at this stage.

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