Just to add a little balance. There are a lot of positives to these systems even they they annoy me. For example, in our electric car you can set what distance you want from the car in front and it will maintain that and not let you crash. It will not let you pull out into the path of something in your blind spot without giving tactile, audible and visual warnings. In traffic jams cruise control operates down to stand still so that car will maintain position in slow moving traffic without you doing anything.
The BMW M4 we had was superb at hazard identification as it was a dual system thing with infrared. On one memorable occasion it identified a drunk person dressed in all black at night stepping out in front of us on a dark, misty country road 200m away and braked. This silly person was near invisible but the infra red system clocked him before either of us saw him, and has also worked for deer (we have lots round our way).
I agree that the tech is improving. Things like systems to keep cars say three car lengths apart would pretty much eliminate motorway traffic jams if all cars had them.
It would be nice if the industry (or regulators) were to agree on the key things that need development and all develop them simultaneously. Unfortunately, one thing I fear we are very likely to see is automatic tracked road pricing.
