The improvements come thanks to new “motion controller” software that Ford says keeps your BlueCruise-equipped vehicle better centered in its lane as well as improvements in handling different weather conditions, tight curves, narrow lanes, and reflections from the sun.

Hands-free driving is a great way to stay sane while sitting in an unexpected traffic jam during your daily commute or to relax on long highway slogs to see the in-laws two states over. The worst part of hands-free driving is when those periods of serenity are interrupted by having to intervene when,

Systems that enable hands-free driving on the highway continue to suffer from a number of flaws and shortcomings, as we wrote about last week following two new studies published by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

The big news is that the latest version of BlueCruise will stay in hands-free driving mode five times longer than BlueCruise 1.2 and eight times longer than the original system. I