Computer-generated robotic voice, and music way too loud relative to the narration, and annoyingly bass-heavy.

Also, by doing this you're blocking traffic for everyone else.

self appointed guardians of - whatever

taking away someone else's option and choice, is kind of ..
darn! use to have a word for that ..
(or several)

I ask, has the technology been proven to be safe?

a street gang with an agenda - or proper authority after examining available data (and probably some degree of public 'comment' and input)?

How 'safe' are the streets of Frisco now? And does that metric deserve consideration here - either for or against? And, again - do the 'traffic cone bandits' get to decide these things?

I suggest if you want to prove they are unsafe then do so. This is not a joke.

But I love the cone strategy. I see them on the streets but on the freeways they have drivers in them.

do "evaluate" road conditions and the car will stop.

Of more interest, my present and last cars had/d forward crash avoidance. But when snow or sleet covers the plate on the front grill, it and the cruise control wouldn't work. There was no prior warning, it would just not work. The rest of the car was not affected.

So if the fully automatic technology gets implemented, will the car suddenly stop in the middle of a highway when the system gets sleet covered?

As far as I know, the systems have only been tested in dry climate areas.

I'm not sure I want Groucho Marx and his buddies setting safety standards.

They sure love being media hogs though, don’t they?