Yes, the standard requires that the driver be given "a few seconds" to resume before the system disengages, but things can change dramatically in a few seconds at highway speeds.
Yes, the standard requires that the driver be given "a few seconds" to resume before the system disengages, but things can change dramatically in a few seconds at highway speeds.
> things can change dramatically in a few seconds at highway speeds
In the immediate term, "brake enough not to hit things" is a very good default response and a computer should be better than a human at doing so.
Really?
Tesla has done exactly that - refusing liability because autopilot returned control to the driver in less than a second before the crash.[0]
No one called them out on it. There was a lot of hand wringing and feigned outrage but Musk's ass needs to be kissed and it ain't gonna kiss itself.
[0](https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/nhtsa...)
On a page of statistics they put together, they said "we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact", and that seems sufficient for a level 2 system.
Not good enough to take a nap but good enough to be texting or reading.