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Originally Posted by shark715
I would prefer that that the attorneys stick to their chosen profession versus trying to play automotive engineer.
With what they are suggesting, consider the scenario where you are out running errands with your wife, GF, partner, etc., you happen to be the one driving, and they happen to be the one carrying the keyfob. You drop them off to run into a store while you go run a different errand down the street.
With the way CAS works today, as they walk away from the car you will get a message that the keyfob is out of range (or a similar message), which is your warning not to shut the car off as you won't be able to re-start it. This scenario has happened to me on more than one occasion.
I, for one, don't want the car deciding when it's going to shut itself off, potentially leaving me stranded.
Similar scenario when the battery in your keyfob runs out of power, although in my experience with our X5 you do get repeated warnings that the battery is failing and needs replacement.
If cruise control were just coming to market today, I could see similar lawsuits with attorneys claiming that the manufacturers should have known that some owners did not understand that the car would not stop itself.
My answer is the same as others here have indicated...if you are incapable of understanding and remembering that, then it's likely you are not capable of correctly operating a vehicle without endangering everyone else on the road.
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Actually one of the incidents happened with my aunt's Mercedes Benz. I was dropped her off to get tables for the family, and he had the key FOB in her purse and when I got far enough away, the car just died.
