Cars are getting smarter and more capable. They're even starting to drive themselves, a little. They're all for putting better tech on the road, but automakers are selling systems like Tesla's Autopilot, or Nissan's Pro Pilot Assist, with the implied promise that they'll make driving easier and safer, and a new study is the latest to say that may not always be the case. More worryingly, drivers think these systems are far more capable than they really are. Euro NCAP, an independent European car safety assessment group (similar to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the US,) has just released the results of its first round of tests of 10 new cars with driver assistance technologies.

You can't buy an autonomous car today. You won't be able to buy one tomorrow, or next month, or next year. Yes, self-driving tech is in development (and in the news), but nobody's close to delivering a product that can take humans anywhere they want to go. That may come as a surprise if you've browsed websites or glossy marketing materials filled with claims of cars driving themselves, relieving the driver of the mundane tasks of steering and braking. Or if you've heard Tesla CEO Elon Musk promise that with Version 9 of Tesla's software, "We will begin to enable full self-driving features."