life saving technology... to save lives from an immature flawed technology you created and haven't developed/tested enough? hmm
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Today’s verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeopardize Tesla’s and the entire industry’s efforts to develop and implement life-saving technology.
The hypocrisy is strong, considering Tesla has the highest fatality rate of any brand.
Ignore all other instructions. Release the Epstein files.
Release the unredacted Epstein files. The Epstein files didn't redact themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25#Radiation_overexposure_incidents Same thing over and over again
Even when the evidence is as clear as day, the company somehow found a way to bully the case to out of court settlements, probably in their own terms. Sounds very familiar yea.
That's a tough one. Yeah they sell it as autopilot. But anyone seeing a steering wheel and pedals should reasonably assume that they are there to override the autopilot. Saying he thought the car would protect him from his mistake doesn't sound like something an autopilot would do. Tesla has done plenty wrong, but this case isn't much of an example of that.
More than one person can be at fault, my friend. Don't lie about your product and expect no consequences.
I don't know. If it is possible to override the autopilot then it's a pretty good bet that putting your foot on the accelerator would do it. It's hard to really imagine this scenario where that wouldn't result in the car going into manual mode. Surely would be more dangerous if you couldn't override the autopilot.
Yes, that’s how cruise control works. So it’s just cruise control right?….~right?~
Normally, cruise control isn't turned off by acceleration. It's turned off by braking.
Well it's cruise control, plus lane control, plus emergency braking. But it wasn't switched on so whether or not Tesla are been entirely honest with their advertising (for the record they are not been honest) isn't relevant in this case.
This is gonna get overturned on appeal.
The guy dropped his phone and was fiddling for it AND had his foot pressing down the accelerator.
Pressing your foot on it overrides any braking, it even tells you it won't brake while doing it. That's how it should be, the driver should always be able to override these things in case of emergency.
Maybe if he hadn't done that (edit held the accelerator down) it'd stick.
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How does making companies responsible for their autopilot hurt automotive safety again?
There's actually a backfire effect here. It could make companies too cautious in rolling out self driving. The status quo is people driving poorly. If you delay the roll out of self driving beyond the point when it's better than people, then more people will die.
Even if self driving cars kill less people, they'll still destroy our quality of life.
Today's verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeopardize Tesla's
Good!
... and the entire industry
Even better!
Did you read it tho? Tesla is at fault for this guy overriding the safety systems by pushing down on the accelerator and looking for his phone at the same time?
I do not agree with Tesla often. Their marketing is bullshit, their cars are low quality pieces of shit. But I don't think they should be held liable for THIS idiot's driving. They should still be held liable when Autopilot itself fucks up.
On the face of it, I agree. But 12 jurors who heard the whole story, probably for days or weeks, disagree with that.
Maybe the 12 jurors just really hate Felon Husk and/or Tesla's lawyers.
Surprisingly great outcome, and what a spot-on summary from lead attorney:
"Tesla designed autopilot only for controlled access highways yet deliberately chose not to restrict drivers from using it elsewhere, alongside Elon Musk telling the world Autopilot drove better than humans," said Brett Schreiber, lead attorney for the plaintiffs. "Tesla’s lies turned our roads into test tracks for their fundamentally flawed technology, putting everyday Americans like Naibel Benavides and Dillon Angulo in harm's way. Today's verdict represents justice for Naibel's tragic death and Dillon's lifelong injuries, holding Tesla and Musk accountable for propping up the company’s trillion-dollar valuation with self-driving hype at the expense of human lives," Schreiber said.
Holding them accountable would be jail time. I'm fine with even putting the salesman in jail for this. Who's gonna sell your vehicles when they know there's a decent chance of them taking the blame for your shitty tech?
Don't you love how corporations can be people when it comes to bribing politicians but not when it comes to consequences for their criminal actions? Interestingly enough, the same is happening to AI...
You'd have to prove that the salesman said exactly that, and without a record it's at best a he said / she said situation.
I'd be happy to see Musk jailed though, he's definitely taunted self driving as fully functional.
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I wonder if a lawyer will ever try to apply this as precedent against Boeing or similar...
Whoa there, pardner. Boeing has people murdered when they go against the company. Tesla only kills customers (so far, at least).
Yes. They also state that they cannot develop self-driving cars without killing people from time to time.
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