Super Cruise led 17 driving assistants at keeping drivers engaged

Consumer Reports ranked Cadillac's Super Cruise first of 17 driving assistance systems in 2020. Its eye-tracking camera scored 7 of 10 for keeping the driver engaged, against 4 or less for the rest.

  • Not rated a person

    Drivers stand to gain from staying engaged, but Consumer Reports rated the system's behavior in tests and reports no crash outcome.

Depth runs from 1, a convenience or time saved, to 5, a life or a livelihood preserved.

Status
Reported benefit.
Evidence

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An independent assessment report supports the benefit.

Compared with

16 other active driving assistance systems in the same Consumer Reports tests. Measured.

Without the system
4 of 10 or less for keeping the driver engaged
With it
7 of 10
The system’s part
Not isolated. Consumer Reports compared Super Cruise with 16 other systems in the same tests. It did not test the car without driver monitoring, and it does not say whether the eye tracking learns from data.
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Costs and harms
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Benefit type
Increased Product Safety
System
Super Cruise, with camera-based eye-tracking driver monitoring
Made by
General Motors
Used by
General Motors (Cadillac models, Cadillac CT6 tested)
Where
United States
Stage
In routine use
Date
, when the source was published
Kind
Aggregate result
Broad benefit
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings, Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Collections
Scrutiny and findings
Last revised
31 October 2026

Sources

  1. Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.

    Mike Monticello, Consumer Reports. Cadillac's Super Cruise Outperforms Other Driving Assistance Systems. 28 October 2020. Ratings from tests by Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center of 17 active driving assistance systems, June to September 2020.

    A camera-based driver monitoring system that uses eye-tracking technology checks to see whether the driver is looking at the road, and that's why Cadillac's Super Cruise is the clear winner when it comes to keeping the driver engaged.

Details

AI system

Workflow

A small camera facing the driver tracked whether the driver's eyes were on the road. When the driver looked away too long, the system escalated warnings and could bring the car to a stop.

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The system works only on pre-mapped divided highways. The ratings are for the Cadillac CT6 that Consumer Reports tested in 2020.

Entry details

Sector

Road vehicle driver assistance.

Purpose

General Motors built Super Cruise to steer and control speed hands-free on pre-mapped divided highways while a driver-facing camera checks that the driver watches the road.

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Cite this record

Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Super Cruise led 17 driving assistants at keeping drivers engaged (AIBD-0863). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 31 October 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-0863.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 4.0)

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