You didn’t really believe that did you. Well, here’s what really did happen.
A group from the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University developed a self driving modified-for-racing Audi TTS. The Audi TTS beat track owner and race car driver, David Vodden’s fastest lap time by .4 seconds.
The goal of the Stanford team was to develop a car that performed like the best human driver. The team studies the issues of control in extreme situations then develops software to keep a car in control in situations such as going around a curve on an icy road.
Google, Apple and many auto manufacturers are building self driving prototypes. The systems being built for self driving are leading to huge gains in safety. A self driving vehicle needs to look at the road and the other vehicles around it in to navigate safely. High end vehicles are the first to receive the latest technology; however some of these systems are already common in many current vehicles.
• Adaptive Cruise Control watches the car ahead and if it sees that car slowing down or stopping, it automatically brakes and slows down, then speeds up when the forward vehicle speeds up. This feature is available on many less expensive cars than it was available on a few years ago http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/09/top-10-affordable-cars-adaptive-cruise-control.html .
• Lane Departure Warning http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/165320-what-is-lane-departure-warning-and-how-does-it-work uses cameras to watch the lines on the road and if the car starts to cross the line without having the turn signal on, the driver will be warned by a visual and audible alert or vibration in the seat or steering wheel.
• Lane Keep Assist actually brings the vehicle back into the lane by applying brakes on one side or nudging the steering wheel.
• Automatic Braking will automatically http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/05/29/automatic-braking-iihs-crash-avoid/9686419/ apply the brakes as it gets close to another vehicle or object. This feature is available on many models now.
• Blind Spot Monitoring alerts the driver when a vehicle in the blind spot where it can’t be seen in the rear view mirrors. 
Each year more and more models will incorporate these features and as vehicles get safer, they also become more complex to repair. Addison Auto Repair & Body Shop has the expertise and equipment to diagnose and repair these systems.
