I also found the 10 second engagement time odd. On the one hand, you might not thing it's enough time to become seriously distracted. (eg, you wouldn't be "comf

I also found the 10 second engagement time odd. On the one hand, you might not thing it's enough time to become seriously distracted. (eg, you wouldn't be "comfortable" with the semi-autonomous operation yet). On the other hand, the engagement of autopilot might have been caused by a desire to explicitly NOT pay attention, however briefly. think: "ok, now let me read this text from the person I'm on my way to meet." I have found myself occasionally using autopilot to augment my driving when I'm doing something that inherently decreases focus on the road, however briefly; eg, taking my sunglasses out of the glovebox. I still drive the same way I normally would in any other car when reaching for something in the glovebox, so it's easy to think "any enhanced safety is better than none". On the other hand, it could lead to a false sense of security where you pay 10% less attention than doing the same task in a non-augmented car. Or you get comfortable doing such things, so you do them more frequently than truly necessary. (for example, you might just shield your eyes from the sun with your hand rather than grabbing sunglasses in a non-augmented car).