Autopilot Driver Attention

It's not the car driving itself if you need to be constantly attentive and ready to override it.

Driving with autopilot off certainly requires driver attention.

Yes the link should be replaced with yours.I believe that the autopilot that you have to override in critical moment is worse than the driving assistance that doesn't turn on until it's critical.In the former case, if you turn on the autopilot that you know is not just keeping the speed constant, you will tend not to be fully concentrated on the road all the time. And you'll surely seldom be able to estimate when the autopilot will work and when it won't.In the later

The best way to stay attentive behind the wheel is to actually be the one driving. There's virtually no way of being both attentive and passive for long periods of time. If a driver can't check their email or whatever on their phone while autopilot is on, then autopilot is not safe to put in cars. And while I'm okay with not-exactly-safe for most things people willingly consume or use, driving is not an area where it's okay to roll out a feature that may cause people to stop

You're right, it should probably be a bit more muted. Perhaps "When enabled, [significantly less] driver attention is required." The driver can't go to sleep, for example, lest they miss the alert that indicates "oh no I can't figure it out anymore." Though the car would likely be designed to timeout on driver response and execute a safe deceleration/pull-aside maneuver.

Humans are notoriously bad at just paying attention and not being in charge. Those few seconds their actual attention is needed are critical.I do appreciate that my car can do full distance control and assist if I am drifting, but it doesn't control itself, so I can never disengage. Personally I feel that this is wonderful and should be the limit. Anything past that should just be fully autonomous. Otherwise you're asking for trouble.

From what it sounds like, when you are in a traffic jam you use it and then the second that traffic jam ends you immediately have to take control.Ngl that sounds like it requires more attention than autopilot, if you’re not doing anything and then have to take full control that sounds like it could lead to an absurdly unsafe outcome

It you have to pay attention as much as if you were driving, then, what's the point of autopilot?

It feels to me like an autopilot problem in the making. "This thing means that you don't have to keep your eyes on the road - but please ensure you keep your eyes on the road, in case of errors"

Or it's the drivers are not "focused, alert", because of the auto-pilot.