I don't think anyone on this forum can make that promise, but I'm not going to be-labor the point.

 

 

I have a separate thread on the interiors I like and there was no fisher price plastic fantastic 90's Bonneville interior although I bet it is less annoying to use then many touchscreen systems, I do like the BMW 8 series from that era that was full of buttons.

You can be killed in a self driving car if a system malfunctions like in that Tesla that killed its driver. How about instead of fully self driving, systems that warn and take over when it senses a impending accident and no reaction or when someone has fallen asleep and is about to get in a collision, that I am totally fine with.

 

The "collision prevention" systems are horrible. I was trying to do an aggressive take over at WOT, and the system decided to apply braking and almost got me into an accident. Needless to say I turn this crap off immediately every time I get in the car.

 

That's just blatant bs.

 

 

I don't generally drive aggressively, but sometimes aggression is necessary. In that particular case, I had just merged onto a highway, and there was an idiot slowpoke in front of me doing about 10-15 under the limit for not apparent reason, while the traffic in the left two lanes was doing 10-15 over the limit. The traffic was pretty dense, and I didn't want to be stuck behind him, so had to accelerate very aggressively in a short distance to make the merge.

But thats not even the point. The point is that it can be potentially dangerous when this system interferes with driver's intentions and can easily lead to a collision. Ironically BMW calls this system "intelligent safety", and the first thing I do when I turn the car on, is turn this stupid system off.

 

 

Not anywhere near as much as Toyota's unintended acceleration, which turned out to be total BS.

 

 

^^^ Was going to say this but Bitkahuna beat me to it, Tesla's semi-autonomous system did not kill the driver in that particular crash. The driver did it all to himself and failed to follow safety protocols. That's going to happen in any case with a car that's not being operated correctly.

Sounds like a lot of aggressive driving for a simple instance of someone simply driving in front of you only 10-15 mph below the speed limit. There are people like that who create problems all the time, but safe drivers do not let impatience dictate their actions in reaction to other drivers. I've had drivers who were busy on the phone and texting driving at least 25 - 30 mph below the limit who drive me nuts. Or the senior who should be off the road, driving at around 20 mph for no reason. But I take a breath and just get past it.

 

 

Tesla was not at fault in this case, but neither was Toyota in the "unintended acceleration" fatal accident. Both vehicles were operated by incompetent drivers. But Toyota was put under fire by the US government and the media, and had to pay huge fines although no fault was ever found. On the other hand Tesla, being a government love child, didn't have to deal with any of that.