[dingaling]

It's being chipped away, though.

It started innocuously with mandatory emergency signalling in the instance of a crash, then mandatory reversing cameras, then mandatory lane keeping assistance, auto emergency braking, speed limit indication. Coming soon in Europe is automatic speed limit adherence. Emissions regs have also led to a huge rise in automatic transmissions in Europe.

For very many people the only thing they do to control their car now is turn the wheel and push the accelerator.