It wouldn't have helped in this case, being a test driver for the technology she should have been paying full attention, and the same goes for all of these deve

It wouldn't have helped in this case, being a test driver for the technology she should have been paying full attention, and the same goes for all of these development drivers - but for the general populace when they release a product, I'd say it would. "Autonomous" and "self-driving" (and "autopilot") are incredibly loaded terms, and manufacturers know it, and really do change the context of the interaction the customer can expect to have with the car. "Driving Assistants" help you drive, "self-driving" means, well, it drives itself, and no matter how many caveats you apply to it, you've just primed your audience with your headline. If the manufacturer expects you to be in control, then I really think they shouldn't knowingly sell it as something else. I like a good analogy and I've been struggling for one, but let's make a tenuous link to the World Cup: if I as a football team buy an "autonomous" or "self-saving" or "autogoalkeeper" goalkeeper, my expectation would be what I bought would stop balls going into the net by itself. My expectation would not be to have to position a back-up defender next to it at all times because it jumps in the wrong direction when presented with an attacker coming at a certain angle.