[letsgetphysITal]

They do expect you to change that posture if Autopilot does something you think is dangerous, though. Wandering out of lane uninitiated (lane change indication, for example) and accelerating towards a barrier would likely count as one of those situations.

I've yet to see an incident so far where a human driver, properly engaged with the driving experience and road conditions as they should be when in charge of a vehicle, couldn't have taken action and prevented the accident. There were 7 seconds between the beginning of the maneuver and impact; Human reaction time (including taking action) is typically 0.5 seconds. That leaves 6.5 seconds to correct steering or apply the brake, bearing in mind that Autopilot will always relinquish control in either situation.

Not apologising for Tesla, they need to sort out this edge case, but that's exactly what it was and exactly why the driver is supposed to remain engaged.

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> They do expect you to change that posture if Autopilot does something you think is dangerous, though.

Their lawyers and their marketing departments are contradicting each other.

Their legal department will always insist that your hands must remain on the steering wheel. If your hands are not on the wheel, and the car crashes, they will mention this clause and implicitly blame the driver.

Their marketing department (like this webpage) say "This car can drive itself!".

And the car itself? Well it has a sensor that detect hands off wheel situations (plus point from the lawyers' "cover our asses" side), but it allows a few (/lot of) seconds of that situation before it warns you (their lawyer must've once screamed "Why the fuck does the sensor tolerate this situation!").

For a stupid analogy, it's almost like a bar owner advertising his bar as a smoke joint, but saying "you're not allowed to smoke in here, and I can spot anyone smoking" but still tolerating a few minutes of lit cigarettes.