You may have thought that autonomous driving vehicles are only found in other countries, like the USA (Tesla specifically), but I can assure you they are out there on the M1, and other busy high speed roads, in Australia everyday. This does not get much media coverage. I have endured a pretty stressful trip on the M1, at night, in a high end BMW M5, in which much if the trip was under autonomous control of the vehicles systems. My son--in-law was the monitoring driver (hands off).
I have heard from another family member ( the owner if a high end Mercedes) who also has autonomous driving mode, who claims he feels much safer hauling his kids around on these high speed roads with the cars system in control. His argument hinges on the cars ability to react being faster than his, and it cannot be distracted.
What are your thoughts on the use of these autonomous driving systems, in high speed situations on our roads?
