Autopilot is cool, but it&#x27;s not a game changer by any means. The driver still has to be fully engaged. This is not a system where you can turn it on and then read a book or take a nap.<p>80% of the benefit of Autopilot is the traffic-aware cruise control. That&#x27;s basically just a radar unit that keeps you from hitting the car in front. Remarkably useful, but not anything like a phase change.<p>If and when true autonomous technology arrives, that certainly will be a phase change. And Autopilot is a step (a small one) in that direction. But it is not by itself a prticularly big deal.<p>(Full disclosure: I&#x27;ve driven maybe 1,000 miles with Autopilot, and a few thousand miles with the pre-Autopilot traffic-aware cruise control.)