It's pretty well established that humans (e.g. [1]) that humans have a lot of trouble paying when they don't need to be actively engaged most of the time and also have trouble taking back control. In a consumer driving context, I have zero doubt that, as systems like these develop, people will start watching videos and reading absent draconian monitoring systems to ensure they keep their eyes on the road. I'm not sure how we get past that "uncanny valley."
Its worth pointing out that Prof. Missy Cummings, who authored the paper, is a former F/A-18 pilot who specializes in human-machine interaction research.
One option is the Tesla autopilot should have an indication when it approaches "low confidence" areas without disengaging, so the driver is not startled if they have to take back manual control.
The Mercedes E-Class Drive Pilot seems to do this to some extent. For example even going from demanding the driver to place one hand on the steering wheel to requiring both hands.
Yep. I saw her speak at an event a couple years ago. She's also done a fair bit of research around humans splitting their attention across multiple vehicles--mostly drones.
I agree there can be handoffs but they mostly need to be in the vein of: I'm slowing down and turning over control in 30 seconds because there's something I don't understand coming up
[1] http://hal.pratt.duke.edu/sites/hal.pratt.duke.edu/files/u7/...