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by TheRealPomax 1922 days ago
No sane person will be driving on autopilot (metaphorically or literally) through a school zone. And if your car even allows you to turn it on when the speed limit's 25mph/40kph because it has a map system that knows the speed limit on every street you drive, your car has a glaring fault that needs fixing.

But you are going to use L2 driving a highway or even just decently paved road that happens to be going through a forest.

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> No sane person will be driving on autopilot (metaphorically or literally) through a school zone.

Sadly there are a lot of irresponsible people on the roads, including school zones.

> No sane person will be driving on autopilot (metaphorically or literally) through a school zone.

Of course they will, sane or not. Do you really think millions of drivers will stay alert when they've gone months or years without an accident?

When the car starts beeping, by the time the driver looks up from their phone and understands the situation, half of little Timmy is already 100 meters behind the vehicle.

I think you give people too much credit. Anecdotally, I can't tell you the last time I went even on a short trip (fewer than five miles) without seeing many people checking phones/scrolling. I think folks are going to be much more cavalier when they've got an "autopilot".