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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.