Focus: Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality
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Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk's assertions about the technology.

Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality::Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk’s assertions about the technology.

  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is a guy who was using a glorified cruise control (which is all AP is) at high speed whilst watching a DVD instead of looking at the road.

    The software can only help so much. There’s a reason why there are laws requiring attentiveness checks now… people are reckless

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      People are only reckless because they believe Teslas false marketing claims.

      The car doesn’t “just drive itself”, it isn’t even close to “just driving itself”. The advertising claiming so is much more at fault than the driving watching a movie.