> a user doesn't yet know what to expect when it comes to the interface of an autonomous car. I don't think this is a good enough excuse, honestly. Both the la

> a user doesn't yet know what to expect when it comes to the interface of an autonomous car. I don't think this is a good enough excuse, honestly. Both the law and common sense say the same thing about operating a vehicle: the ultimate responsibility of that vehicle and what it does lies on who is sitting behind the wheel. Until we have truly automatic driverless cars (enter an address in the Maps app and let the car take you there - no pedals, no brakes, no turn signals), human beings need to still be aware that they are still driving the car, regardless of assistant technologies that help them along the way. Any person who knowingly takes their hands off the wheel of a moving car they are piloting is going to ultimately be at fault when it plows into a pedestrian or into oncoming traffic, regardless if the computer tried to prevent it from happening. The only User Experience problem here is that the users have No Experience with the new technologies available in these cars. If anything, that alone should ask for more caution before engaging these features, not less. The biggest outcome I'd expect in the short term is more bleeping and bonging from car speakers if the user does something completely insane like take their hands off the wheel while the car is moving above a certain speed to film themselves performing a Darwin Award attempt for YouTube.