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[–] varialus 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Tesla is very clear about the car's capabilities and the driver's responsibilities, and there are a bunch of different warnings that progressively escalate until it's blaringly screaming at you and slowly bringing the car to a full stop. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Unless the car were to suddenly dart into incoming traffic without giving the person time to correct, which it doesn't do unless some three letter agency gets their grubby little hands on it, unless it does that, you've got to be a full blown idiot to get in a wreck with it. In any case fully autonomous driving is set to be released soon, and it's on a separate development track that is supposed to be way better, but we'll just have to wait and see. Once that shit's in control, then by all means, blame the shit out of Tesla for each wreck that approaches the average rate of car crashes for good drivers.

Edit: This happened a while ago, so some of the safety features I mentioned may not have been implemented, but they have always made it very clear that you need to be awake, alert, and ready to take over at any time. After a very small amount of driving it's very obvious by the car's driving style, that it shouldn't be fully trusted. It generally stays in the lines, but it's not smooth, and the fact that it's not smooth, reiterates the already very clear warnings that Tesla provides about needing to be vigilant at all times.

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[–] 9585883? 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

The warnings you're referring to simply indicate that you need to place your hands on the wheel soon. You put them on and take them off and the warning goes away. That's how the car was able to recorded that the guy only had his hands on the wheel for 20-something seconds during a 37 minute journey.

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[–] varialus ago 

I added an edit conceding that some current safety features may have been different at the time of the crash. I hadn't actually read the article until after I made the comment. I agree that the shit about the amount of seconds his hands were on the wheel is likely CYA bullshit. The truth is that yeah, the car fucked up, but Tesla generally does make it quite clear that the driver is always still responsible. I say generally just because I can't evaluate everyone's experiences. It'll be totally different once it's fully autonomous, although if it's fully autonomous in a beta mode like the current autopilot, then the same rule of the driver being responsible unless it darts into incoming traffic still applies. If the car hasn't started stopping by the time the driver would start stopping, the driver needs to start stopping. I can't wait until it's fully fully autonomous so that we can get past this shared responsibility shit. Tesla needs to be fully responsible and they're working at a breakneck pace to get to that point, but they're not there yet and Tesla drivers know that.