[sircastor]

So, third-hand story, about 20 years ago, from an acquaintance who heard it from a Police officer who dealt with the following situation:

This police officer was responding to an RV which had run off the road, and was speaking with the driver. The driver, a bit shook up from the experience explained that he was driving down the highway, turned on the cruise control, and got up to make himself a sandwich...

[mikestew]

“3rd-hand story”, from a friend of a friend…uh, huh. Unless I’m missing a heaping bucket of “ironically”, you could have just said “there’s an old urban legend…” instead of passing off an old joke as something true.

[sircastor]

Well, up until a moment ago, I legitimately believed it to be true - even though I was a few steps removed from it. Live and learn I guess.

[sgc]

I have been duped like this before too! Believe a story that just doesn't ring right when you tell it to somebody else years later. Teaching / communicating corrects a lot of errors.

[drivers99]

I remember my grandma telling that story maybe 30-40 years ago. Gotta be an urban legend. Yup: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cruise-uncontrol/

[VBprogrammer]

I've no doubt this has probably happened in real life at some point but it's practically a fable by now.

I think the Simpsons done it at least 30 years ago.

[ryantgtg]

I saw a "trying out my parking assist" (I think it was with a Hyundai) video the other day where the guy didn't realize that the function only assists with steering and not the pedals. So he backed right into a car.

[mcguire]

This is literally the story of a Berke Breathed Bloom County (or whatever the follow-on was) comic strip.