AUTOMATED FEATURES ON NEW
VEHICLES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DRIVE
THE CAR BY ITSELF.
WELL... THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE.
MTN'S EMMA HAMILTON HAS THE
DETAILS ABOUT THESE FEATURES.
NEWER CARS HAVE FEATURES TO KEEP
YOU SAFER ON THE ROADWAYS AND
RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A
MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THEM.
“THIS CAR HAS WHAT THEY CALL
ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, WHICH
IS
A SAFETY FACTOR AND SIDE WARNING
WHICH IS ALL SAFETY, FRONT
AND BACK UP CAMERAS SO THESE
CARS DON'T DRIVE
THEMSELVES, THE FEATURES THEY
PUT IN ARE TO KEEP YOU SAFE.”
“WHILE THESE FEATURES IN NEW
CARS ARE EXCELLENT FOR
SAFETY, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN
PAY LESS ATTENTION TO THE ROAD.”
AND THEY DO IN FACT KEEP YOU
SAFE .. THIS TECHNOLOGY
SAVED KEYSER'S WIFE AND SISTER
IN LAW.
“HER AND HER SISTER ARE COMING
BACK FROM HELENA,
THEY'RE OUT BY WHEAT MONTANA AND
THEY WENT UP OVER A HILL 65 MPH
COMING OVER THE TOP THERE'S 16
DEER IN THE ROAD BEFORE MY
SISTER
IN LAW COULD HIT THE BREAKS THEY
STOPPED.”
WITH WINTER UPON US .. NO MATTER
WHAT TECHNOLOGY
YOUR CAR MAY HAVE .. THE
ROADWAYS BECOME MUCH
MORE DANGEROUS. MONTANA HIGHWAY
PATROL RESPONDS TO SEVERAL
ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE POOR ROAD
CONDITIONS AND DRIVERS USING
CRUISE CONTROL.
“IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE OVER
DEPENDENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF
THESE CARS, A LOT OF PEOPLE SET
THEIR CRUISE CONTROL AND
WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN AT
THE RADIO OR LOOKING AT THE
MOUNTAINS OR THE SCENERY OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BAD ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN SNEAK UP ON YOU.
IT CAN GO FROM BARE DRY ROADS
IN THE SUNLIGHT TO A SHEET OF
ICE IN THE SHADE.”
TECHNOLOGY DOES INDEED MAKE OUR
LIVES EASIER BUT CARS DO NOT
DRIVE THEMSELVES.
“DON'T BE OVER DEPENDENT ON THE
TECHNOLOGY, IT'S EASY WITH THE
LANE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE CRUISE
CONTROLS AND ALL
THAT STUFF. DEFIANTLY PAY
ATTENTION TO THE ROAD AND THE
ROAD CONDITIONS. SPEED, I MEAN
SLOW DOWN, PEOPLE REALLY
NEED TO GIVE THEMSELVES MORE
TIME TO GET TO THEIR
DESTINATIONS. THE FOLLOWING
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CAR
IN FRONT OF YOU DRASTICALLY
NEEDS TO INCREASE
ESPECIALLY ON ICY ROADWAYS.”
IN BOZEMAN . EMMA HAMILTON MTN
NEWS.
THE LARGEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA’S
HISTORY... IS 100 PERC
