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Tesla death smash probe: Neither driver nor autopilot saw the truck

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: Technology assists it doesnt do it for you

"Give an inch and some people will take a mile. I've seen too many people assuming that to assist or aid is to do completely, it isn't."

You'd almost think no one had ever seen the apocryphal story of the motor-home driver crashing while on cruise control because he went back to make a cup of coffee. Considering the number of times it gets trotted out, you'd think that any company producing vehicles with cruise control from basic through adaptive, to lane-assist, they'd have big warnings all over the place, eg manuals and on the sun-visor, maybe on the steering wheel, to remind people they are still in charge. People are people, and the engineers simply CANNOT assume that drivers will understand the limitations.

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