While the ultimate goal of self-driving vehicles is one in which humans are solely passengers, the reality of the situation is that we’re moving from a world where people have complete control of their vehicle to ones where they have none at all.
The Society of Automotive Engineers classifies autonomous vehicle technology capabilities into six levels ranging from Level 0 – no autonomous features, to Level 5 – vehicles can safely drive anywhere and at any speed in any condition.
The problem is when we’re operating in the middle ground — vehicles having some of the control, and humans still needed for some control. The main issue is that it’s psychologically very difficult to not pay attention to something until you absolutely need to pay attention to avoid a fatal outcome.
Read the article at Forbes.