Ford may have made something scary. We don’t usually use technology to scare people, but Ford’s latest statement chills us. These are the ways that its use affects people. Look at how this announcement talks about steel and aluminums pieces that weigh three or four tons and travel worldwide alone. Ford lists five things that should make you sleepless all the time: Some of the terms used are “60 new patents,” “computer vision,” “artificial intelligence,” “a neural network,” and “machine learning.” Your 2023 Ford truck, whether it’s an F-150 or a Super Duty, will be taken over by these groundbreaking dystopian creatures. They will take control of the steering and make you useless meat cargo as the vehicle hurtles backward against its will to line up the hitch with the trailer. That’s right. Trailer hookups will no longer be affected by human weaknesses like poor depth perception, lack of attention, or sensitivity to light. We won’t back up, leave, realis we need to back up three inches more, enter again, back up six inches, leave, realis we backed up too far, and then beg the heavens for an eternal reprieve from this Sisyphean ordeal. No, we’ll press a button to send this to the computer, which will silently laugh at its binary mockery. It’s like being dropped off 10 feet from the top of Mount Everest by a drone before it flew away. Simply put, Ford’s system uses cameras to find a trailer and reverses the car by an inch so that the hitch ball is under the trailer coupler. This happens within 20 feet. Pro Trailer Hitch Assist is a strange name for the technology, just like “Cyberdyne Skynet.” Pro Trailer Hitch Help should not be able to get into our networks under any circumstances. But if that does happen, please know that we love Pro Trailer Hitch Help and will always help it reach its goals, no matter what they are. If Pro Trailer Hitch Assist didn’t immediately apply the parking brake to stop your truck from lurching forward when you let off the brake, moving the hitch ball a few inches forward of its ideal position, it would be stupid. But what do you know? Ford gave it some thought. Or perhaps Pro Trailer Hitch Help came up with the idea. In either case, once you’re in place, it puts on the parking brake to keep you there. What a clever way to do things! Our personal favorite. Backup cameras almost already show you how to line up the hitch ball with the trailer. You need to stick to the breadcrumbs. If you need so much help connecting a truck and trailer, you shouldn’t be hauling anything since towing a trailer is much more complicated than hooking one up. It’s as if a drone was programmed to land 10 feet from the top of Mount Everest before taking off. On the one hand, you’ll finish something. On the other hand, you could get in a lot of trouble. Also, Tensing Norgay is not in towing. There wouldn’t be as many trailers with dented fenders if there were. Ford hasn’t said how much Pro Trailer Hitch Assist costs yet, but when they do, we’ll change this article. But the cost will almost certainly be much more than a few dollars. 2023 F-150, F-150 Lightning, and Super Duty pickups all have Pro Trailer Hitch Assist as a standard feature.
