> The only thing I can come up with is he wasn’t paying attention to the drive up to that point and didn’t notice he was in a problem area. It's a well known p

> The only thing I can come up with is he wasn’t paying attention to the drive up to that point and didn’t notice he was in a problem area. It's a well known phenomenon that the more you automate away routine tasks, the harder it is for the driver to stay alert and take over in non-routine situations. My understanding is that airplane pilots are specifically trained in strategies to avoid falling into that trap.