It’s really important for folks who have
partial autonomy to realize you can’t trust
it to be fully autonomous.
So if you have some sort of automatic lane-keeping
and automatic speed control—I’ve heard
it called super-cruise or some feature like
that—it’s important to realize that you
can’t just pull out the paper or take a
nap, because it mostly works, but mostly works
isn’t good enough.
Eventually, it’s going to encounter a situation
it can’t handle.
And it’s not supposed to handle it.
It’s not advertised as full autonomy.
So it’s important to always pay attention
all the time, never close your eyes, never
read the paper, because ultimately the driver
is responsible for the safety.
Just like if you had regular cruise control,
and it drives you into a vehicle, it’s the
driver’s fault.
Well, with the new advanced speed and the
new advanced lane-keeping, it hasn’t changed.
It’s nice to have, but you can’t completely
trust it all the time.
