I had a nasty experience about three weeks ago in Kayole.
From the parking, after buying some chicken feed, I started my car, engaged the gear lever to D position as usual and released the footbrake ready to go. The car decided to take control from me, and before I realised, it was in a ditch having caused substantial harm to the surrounding environment and almost injured a pedestrian! The police charged me with careless driving. My question is, when does a driver surrender control of steering wheel and brakes in an automatic car? Does it mean that we are fast approaching "autonomous car" environment with our automatics?
