> talk about things like “autopilot” instead of “driver assist” I actually find driver assist technologies almost as damaging. For example, lane assist (car c

> talk about things like “autopilot” instead of “driver assist” I actually find driver assist technologies almost as damaging. For example, lane assist (car centers itself in lane) can cause the car to veer when lanes are mis-painted. After having it turned on for a few minutes without issues, you begin to relax, then the car decides to take an off-ramp or swerve towards the shoulder. As a comparative example, let's look at automatic gear boxes vs manual. As far as I know, there are no auto gear boxes that will occasionally require you to hit the clutch in order to successfully change gears. Their either completely auto, completely manual, or auto with manual override. Having something halfway between automatic and manual is just ASKING for problems; that being said, an auto gearbox that is expected to work only 99% of the time also really doesn't exist, which is why self driving is hard. I'd much rather better alerting and imminent danger capabilities; more ubiquitous and accurate blind spot sensors, lane change cameras, brake alarms (or even auto-braking, if it's high reliability). These technologies will allow the overall self-driving landscape to improve (because there's so much overlap; self-driving NEEDS all of these sensing techs, and needs them to be REALLY good in order to work) and mature over time, while road infrastructure, mapping, legislature, and public opinion catch up.