The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an industry-funded group in the United States that aims to pressure carmakers to improve safety standards.
In a new study, the IIHS found that regular users of Cadillac Super Cruise, Nissan/Infiniti ProPILOT Assist and Tesla Autopilot said they were more likely to perform non-driving-related activities like eating or texting while using their partial automation systems than while driving unassisted.
In a survey of 600 active users, 53 per cent of Super Cruise users, 42 per cent of Autopilot users and 12 per cent of ProPILOT Assist users said that they were comfortable treating their vehicles as fully self-driving despite the fact that the features are not designed as such.
Last year, two men being transported in a Tesla who were relying on its Autopilot function died in a crash in Texas, US after the vehicle lost control at high speed on a curve. There was reportedly no one in the driving seat at the...