[sibartlett]

The more automated cars become, the more drivers will start to trust them and pay less attention - especially when it’s advertised as full self driving.

Prime example would be the Uber test driver who felt she could trust the car enough to watch a TV show on her phone, when she was supposed to be supervising it.

Plus our attention naturally just starts to wander when the talk at hand is not that engaging.

[rightbyte]

My understanding was that she was looking on a dashboard screen slightly before crashing into the bicyclist, not a cellphone?