> but perhaps the messaging needs to be clearer that autopilot is more akin to advanced cruise control Maybe. Here's the thing. The feature, by its very nature

> but perhaps the messaging needs to be clearer that autopilot is more akin to advanced cruise control Maybe. Here's the thing. The feature, by its very nature, does not punish inattention like normal driving. If you let go of the wheel and focus on your phone -- even using your knee to hold the wheel, chances are the longer you are distracted the more likely you are to have a minor wakeup that says "don't do that." Maybe your car starts to hit the bumps between lanes. Maybe your peripheral vision picks up something and you get an adrenalin jolt as you refocus attention on the road. AP is not like that. 99.9% of the time it does a pretty good job on the expressway. (95% if you are in traffic and have defensive driving tendencies where you are projecting ahead 10-15 seconds and moving lanes accordingly.) So you literally can look at your phone for 15 seconds look up and find your car at reasonable distances from other cars and properly in the lane. All of the normal "don't do that" feedback loops for inattention are removed. But then there's that unusual case, like this one, where AP gets it wrong and the consequences are extreme. Is this different from normal inattention? I think yes because normal inattention often leaves you feeling "I just took a risk" due to the natural, and usually small, consequences. My point is this: It may not be that the labeling of the feature is dangerous. It may be that the feature itself, by its very nature of removing the less serious consequences of inattention, is dangerous.