Within limits, the second-generation GL will bring itself to a complete halt if the car detects that thefollowing distance to the car ahead is shrinking too fast, and if the driver fails to step on the brakes in response to flashing lights and an audible alarm.
That it remains so nearly 60 years later and in the face of much estimable competition suggests that from the start it was considerably more than a worthy addition to the burgeoning catalog of complete operas filling record-store shelves in the years followingthe introduction of the LP.