> From my subjective view point of the data - Tesla's autosteer overall helps to reduce accidents. But only when the operator is fully aware of the systems func

> From my subjective view point of the data - Tesla's autosteer overall helps to reduce accidents. But only when the operator is fully aware of the systems functions and alerts. You can't just throw that second qualifier on there. Whether Autopilot helps reduce accidents is 100% dependent on whether users take it as an excuse to let their attention wander from the road. If the behavior of many Tesla fans on Twitter is any indication, they already think it's fine to treat it like a full self-driving system: https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1092477048482717696 https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1092477048482717696 And that's to say nothing of the fact that Elon Musk himself was shown on 60 Minutes letting Autopilot drive, in traffic, with his hands off the wheel and Lesley Stahl in the passenger seat. The user's manual may say to keep your hands on the wheel, and in court when faced with an Autopilot-related lawsuit Tesla always argues that drivers are 100% responsible for the car at all times, but Musk & Tesla are nonetheless happy to irresponsibly encourage the false perception that their cars are self-driving. IMO constant in-car monitoring of driver attention (i.e. a camera focused directly on the driver's face) is the only way these "kinda-self-driving-but-not-really-when-it-counts" systems can be deployed safely.