> I wonder if there is even a safe "in between" phase between normal driving and truly, fully self-driving vehicles. Or will many people put too much trust in t

> I wonder if there is even a safe "in between" phase between normal driving and truly, fully self-driving vehicles. Or will many people put too much trust in the tech to make it a safer alternative until it's much more mature. the prevailing opinion on this forum seems to be that these semi-autonomous driver aids are inherently unsafe because the driver inevitably stops paying attention. but are they actually worse that a typical human driving manually? I know we've seen a bunch of high-profile news stories about tesla autopilot malfunctions and inattentive safety drivers, but is there any real data to suggest that these systems are as bad as portrayed?