I live in this area and I definitely think the terrain here was a contributing factor. It would not take 15 seconds of hands off the wheel to have an accident.

I live in this area and I definitely think the terrain here was a contributing factor. It would not take 15 seconds of hands off the wheel to have an accident. It would take 2-3 seconds. The Woodlands is not your typical residential area. It was carved out of two old lumber mills with the intent of keeping as many trees as possible, hence lots of curves, small roads, and trees alongside them. At the time it was built (by an oil wildcatter who was worried about urbanization's impact on his family), The Woodlands was the largest master planned community in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodlands%2C_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodlands%2C_Texas Also, a recent video made after the crash shows Autopilot can be activated without lane markings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26870417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26870417 Finally, local police here reported that the couple's spouses said the two men, aged 58 and 68, were talking about the Autopilot before they left on the drive and were excited about trying the features...