Technology

Autonomous features ripe for misunderstanding

Ibro Muharemovic, head of advanced engineering at Continental: "I asked the dealer what the car could do, and then he kind of scared me. He told me the car could drive itself. I knew for a fact that it couldn't." The photo here is of a demonstration, not the car mentioned in his comments.
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December 05, 2016 05:00 AM

As Donna Lee approached the intersection of Roberts Drive and Spalding Drive in Sandy Springs, Ga., the salesman in the passenger seat told her not to hit the brakes, even though two cars were stopped and waiting at the red light ahead.

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