A driver assist system design apparatus, comprising: a processor; a computer readable memory; a vehicle database storing vehicle information regarding a plurality of different vehicles, including driver assist system data specifying one or more driver assist systems used in the different vehicles; a vehicle operational database storing vehicle operational data for multiple ones of the plurality of different vehicles having driver assist systems, the operational data collected from each of the multiple ones of the plurality of different vehicles having driver assist systems such that the operational data reflects operation of the different vehicles during actual operation of the different vehicles; a design analysis engine stored on the computer readable memory that operates on the processor to; detect a driving anomaly during operation of one or more of the plurality of different vehicles based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database for the one or more of the plurality of different vehicles having a particular driver assist system; determine a statistical relationship between the driving anomaly and the particular driver assist system based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database; and detect a potential design flaw within the particular driver assist system based on the determined statistical relationship, by comparing the determined statistical relationship to a threshold and/or by comparing the statistical relationship of different driver assist systems, such as driver assist systems from different manufacturers, different revisions of the same basic driver assist system, to determine a comparative effectiveness of these systems; and a notification engine that operates on the processor to notify a receiver of the potential design flaw detected in the particular driver assist system. a processor; a computer readable memory; a vehicle database storing vehicle information regarding a plurality of different vehicles, including driver assist system data specifying one or more driver assist systems used in the different vehicles; a vehicle operational database storing vehicle operational data for multiple ones of the plurality of different vehicles having driver assist systems, the operational data collected from each of the multiple ones of the plurality of different vehicles having driver assist systems such that the operational data reflects operation of the different vehicles during actual operation of the different vehicles; a design analysis engine stored on the computer readable memory that operates on the processor to; detect a driving anomaly during operation of one or more of the plurality of different vehicles based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database for the one or more of the plurality of different vehicles having a particular driver assist system; determine a statistical relationship between the driving anomaly and the particular driver assist system based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database; and detect a potential design flaw within the particular driver assist system based on the determined statistical relationship, by comparing the determined statistical relationship to a threshold and/or by comparing the statistical relationship of different driver assist systems, such as driver assist systems from different manufacturers, different revisions of the same basic driver assist system, to determine a comparative effectiveness of these systems; and detect a driving anomaly during operation of one or more of the plurality of different vehicles based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database for the one or more of the plurality of different vehicles having a particular driver assist system; determine a statistical relationship between the driving anomaly and the particular driver assist system based on the vehicle operational data within the vehicle operational database; and detect a potential design flaw within the particular driver assist system based on the determined statistical relationship, by comparing the determined statistical relationship to a threshold and/or by comparing the statistical relationship of different driver assist systems, such as driver assist systems from different manufacturers, different revisions of the same basic driver assist system, to determine a comparative effectiveness of these systems; and a notification engine that operates on the processor to notify a receiver of the potential design flaw detected in the particular driver assist system.