Unfortunately, the adaptive cruise control is also far dumber than it thinks it is, slamming the breaks when passing under bridges on the highway etc.
So people keep asserting. And yet here we are.
Almost pregnant.
And yes most of these EVs are still pretty dumb, so you'd like them. It's just that Tesla got the hype.
By the way, when you realize that you actually never drive for 500km straight without e.g. several 30min pauses to rest, which can be used for charging if you have an EV, you discover that you have much more options than you'd think to choose a model to buy. (most governments officially advise it, as not doing pauses would endanger the lives of everybody on the road)
30 min pauses? Why? I stop for five-ten minutes every four to five hours when I need to pee, and I can't rely on there being charging stations along the way.
I would advise you to do longer pauses when you are on such a long trip (not only me, the road safety specialists too). It's not for the bladder, it's for the fatigue, particularly of the central nervous system.
The risk is not to be killed by a bladder shrapnel, it's to switch off the attention and be crushed by an unnoticed lorry.
A six hour drive is "such a long trip"? You need to extend it to eight hours to make the road safety specialists happy?
And it's not "to make the specialists happy", it's to increase safety according to the knowledge accumulated thanks to such specialists.
(ok I see "neo-luddite" in your profile, but usually that does not entail "not trusting scientists/specialists")
You have a flesh brain like everybody else, with biological limitations that lead to fatigue and decreased attention after a long drive without sufficient pause.
It never happens at night though, which in my mind makes the shadows hypothesis weaker.