Emergency personnel work a the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif. The test results by AAA released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, come after several highly publicized crashes involving Tesla vehicles that were operating on the company's system named "Autopilot." (Photo: KTUV via AP Photo) Emergency personnel work a the scenewhere a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway101 in Mountain View, Calif. The test results by AAA releasedThursday, Nov. 15, 2018, come after several highly publicizedcrashes involving Tesla vehicles that were operating on thecompany's system named “Autopilot.” (Photo: KTUV via APPhoto)

Automakers including Tesla Inc. are stoking confusion amongmotorists by choosing names for their automated-driving systems that wrongly suggestthey're more capable than is actually the case, according to theInsurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Almost half of respondents to an IIHS survey considered it safeto drive with their hands off the steering wheel when using asystem called Autopilot, the nonprofit vehicle-safety advocate saidThursday. That's the name Tesla chose for its driver-assistancesystem that's been in use during several fatal crashes since2016.

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