> 'I admit I started to ignore the warning to keep my hands on the wheel so that I could record the moment to share with friends,' YouTube user RockStarTree wro

> 'I admit I started to ignore the warning to keep my hands on the wheel so that I could record the moment to share with friends,' YouTube user RockStarTree wrote. This right here is what I fear about this trickle-down from "autonomous cars" to regular cars. We're quite a ways from having the technical and legal framework for fully self-driving cars (in the sense that you can be drunk/sleeping/whatever while the car drives, and carry no liability), but all this development ends up in "driving assist" systems. As more and more driving assist systems get integrated into regular cars, people will pay less attention to driving due to risk compensation. And that may cause more accidents than it prevents. I'm excited about self-driving cars. I'm not in the least excited about sort-of-mostly-self-driving-cars where I have to sit there, not doing anything, but still have to be alert and ready to take over at any moment.