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> Automatics usually don't plan ahead.

The latest ones do, being integrated with GPS and a terrain database to anticipate changes.

That still won't tell it if I want to accelerate to pass the person ahead or slow to keep my distance from them, or slow to let someone behind me pass, or speed up to not let them.

what, seriously?

yes.

for at least 20+ years now BMW/Porsche/VW also use the onboard IMUs and gyros and wheelspeed sensors to determine whether or not a shift should happen , say, in the middle of a long high speed banking turn.

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