Consumer Confidential: BMW’s Blinding Fear of Lawsuits
Dr. Ron Aryel, a pediatrician whose patients include many disabled kids, had a brainstorm after recently buying a new BMW 328i Sports Wagon. As part of his research for the purchase, he learned about BMW’s new gesture-control technology, which is being incorporated in the carmaker’s high-end 7 Series vehicles. It allows the driver to interact with the infotainment system by simply waving his or her hand. “That may be a stupid pet...