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Eh, that's great for you (according to you), but for the millions of folks that are driving around staring at their phones, I am beyond thankful for this technology.

I've been driving a Honda with the all the safety assists for several years and while it does do the occasional erroneous "you need to brake" pre-warning, I've never had it brake unnecessarily.

Anecdotes aside, I'm fairly certain automatic braking is a net reducer of accidents.

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May I ask why the respnsibility falls on the car instead of the driver on the phone in the first paragraph?

Just like you are responsible if you used a gun, you are responsible on how you drive a car.

Because, like guns, it's obvious that the despite the fact that the actor _should_ be responsible, the consequences for failure to do so fall on everyone else.

If my car has been destroyed by the driver behind me because they were looking at their phone, it's little consolation that they shouldn't have.

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