Basic autopilot tried to kill me today. Of course I was using it when I shouldn’t, but you know, it’s so easy to just push that lever up! 50 mph limit on an A road, and set at 50mph. There was a moderate bend right at the top of a crest of a hill followed by a descent. Of course, it didn’t slow down for the bend because it couldn’t see it properly so we hit it at 50mph - at which point the klaxons went off, auto steer disconnected and we had a moment of reduced g and some tyre squeal before I got it back under control. If it had been wet, things could easily have got totally out of hand.
To release a system that does this without any attempt to protect the driver from his/her stupidity is sort of amazing really. I’m still surprised that Tesla haven’t been taken to the cleaners at court.