• Programmer Belch
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    2476 months ago

    The autopilot will turn off just before hitting them to make you liable anyway

    • Kashif Shah
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      606 months ago

      That’s only if you didn’t subscribe to the Ludicrous package.

    • @[email protected]
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      66 months ago

      Autopilot turns off because the car doesn’t know what to do and the driver is supposed to take control of the situation. The autopilot isn’t autopilot, it’s driving assistance and you want it to turn off if it doesn’t know what it’s should do.

      • @Takumidesh
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        86 months ago

        Autopilot also turns off on planes when things go wrong.

        • @[email protected]
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          76 months ago

          Sure, what meant though was that Tesla doesn’t have self driving cars the way they try to market it as. They are no different than what other car manufacturers got, they just use a more deceptive name.

      • @Lemming6969
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        16 months ago

        If an incident is imminent within the next <2 seconds or so, autopilot must take the action or assist in an action. Manual override can happen at any time, but in such a duration it’s unlikely and only the autopilot has any chance, therefore it cannot turn off and absolve itself if liability.

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      Autopilot turns off before collision because physical damage can cause unpredictable effects that could cause another accident.

      Let’s say you run into a wall, autopilot is broken, the car thinks it needs to go backwards. You now killed 3 more people.

      I hate Elon Musk and Teslas are bad, but let’s not spread misinformation.

      • Programmer Belch
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        26 months ago

        It seems reasonable for the autopilot to turn off just before collission, my point was more in the line of “You won’t get a penny from Elon”.

        People who rely on Full Self Driving or whatever it’s called now, should be liable for letting a robot control their cars. And I also think that the company that develops and advertises said robot shouldn’t get off scot-free but it’s easier to blame the shooter rather than the gun manufacturer.

        • @[email protected]
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          26 months ago

          Yeah I agree. Both parties should be liable. Tesla for their misleading and dangerous marketing, drivers for believing in the marketing.