Re: Where's the Elon Musk Attack Brigade today?
"can hardly be blamed on the manufacturer of the vehicle."
I am more than happy to blame the manufacturer. If the system was nothing more than adaptive cruise control, that can be called a driver aid/assistance, but it's a half baked autonomous driving system that is unsafe to unleash on the public. I liken it to a revolver with ten thousand chambers and one round loaded. You can play Russian roulette for quite some time, but eventually there is a bang.
As long as somebody can keep ignoring the warnings to put their hands back on the wheel without anything happening, that's a big problem. A fire truck is a heavy piece of kit. What if it was a disabled car with people inside. A collision at 65mph is likely to be deadly for them. If the "Autopilot" can miss seeing a fire truck, a small Honda has no chance.