It's funny, when Tesla came out I was so excited to have an electric dumb car that looked nice and performed like a top end sport car. I think all this self-dri

It's funny, when Tesla came out I was so excited to have an electric dumb car that looked nice and performed like a top end sport car. I think all this self-driving business could've waited.Why they had to start producing smart cars with inbuilt self-driving AI assistants is the part I don't understand, at least it seems too premature. There was already enough appeal for Tesla, stories like this though juts ruin it. Recently I drove a friends new Volkswagen with similar driver assist / self-driving features as the Tesla. It was unnerving. The car wanted to drive itself, until the lane makers suddenly disappeared on a remote icy road at night. After about 5 seconds I noticed the car had silently (except for a small icon on the dash) decided it couldn't stay in the non-existent lane anymore. I was actually behind the wheel of a car going 60mph with no one paying attention behind the wheel. It freaked me out.