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"I like most of the "smart" features - lane centering, adaptive cruise, emergency braking ..."

Please drive your car.

I don't care what choices you make wrt bluetooth or heated seats or iphone integration ... but if you can't be bothered to drive the car then perhaps a different transport option would be a better choice for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs

"... as we look at this accident history what we find is that in 68% of these accidents, automation dependency plays a significant part ..."

"... automation dependent pilots allowed their airplanes to get much closer to the edge of the envelope than they should have ..."



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I'm not sure that aviation automation is directly comparable to the current state of driver assistance features.

You should be more concerned with what I'm doing bluetooth than whether or not I let the car keep a safe following distance from the car in front of me since if I'm in a heated discussion with my ex on the phone, I'm paying a lot less attention to the road than I should be, and I'd be better off letting the car do most of the driving.

None of the driver assistance features I listed above allow hands-off driving, if ACC fails, my car will slow down, or maybe get too close to the car in front of me, but since I've already got my hands on the wheel and looking ahead, it's not a big deal.

The poor state of automation for most cars actually ensures better driver attention -- LKAS works around 80% of the time on the freeways. If it worked 99% of the time, I'd be less focused on driving.


Please stop driving your car. I don't care what choices you make wrt other ways you like to put others in danger, but if you can't be bothered to use features that can save others lives then a different transportation option would be a better choice for you and the world.

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