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Automakers and tech developers testing and deploying self-driving and advanced driver assistance features will no longer have to report as much detailed, public crash information to the federal government, according to a new framework released today by the US Department of Transportation.

https://archive.ph/wWwjG

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[–] vala@lemmy.world 4 points 43 minutes ago

Wow such boon

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Serious question: If I get hit by one of these death machines, who can I (or my next-of-kin) sue? Has that been established in court?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago

In a Musk-approved world:

  • You're hit by a Tesla in FSD mode, the driver gets sued for not driving.
  • You're hit by a fully autonomous Tesla taxi, you get sued for vandalism.
  • You're the driver and FSD hit someone, you get sued.
  • You're the owner and the car hits someone while you're not in it, you get sued for owning it.
  • You're the owner and it catches fire with you inside, you(r estate) gets sued for "not maintaining it".
[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 61 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This would be REALLY Corrupt if Elon Musk had donated a QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS TO TRUMP and then was Given a Government Oversight Position! FORTUNATELY Fox News told me that DIDNT happen!

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

ICE! ICE! LOOK AT THIS GUY! HE'S CLEARLY ANTI-AMERICAN AND UN-PATRIOTIC!

the clock is ticking before comments like this actually become serious.

[–] LarryLurkman@lemm.ee 68 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I'm still not buying one of those jalopy ass shits.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 61 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, but you'll be on the roads with them.

[–] LarryLurkman@lemm.ee 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, and that sleazy ass pig Donald Trump is making the roads more dangerous. I'm sick of his fucking shit.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

He does look like an ass pig.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

We hide from the robots during the rain and snow, because they can't see where they have to go

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago

I don’t wanna get hit by one of these waiting for the bus.

[–] L3s@hackingne.ws 9 points 6 hours ago

will no longer have to report as much detailed, public crash information to the federal government

I feel like this is more incentive not to purchase one, than to purchase one

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 30 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

All I can say is invest in 4k vehicle cameras. Get one facing one and one facing the rear. CYA for when these self-driving Teslas start crashing into everything.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

give it a few months, and you won't be allowed to sue tesla any more. i'm fucking serious.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

and thus america became that much more like russia

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 3 hours ago

At least we got some wild videos out of that I guess? Peak internet days.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Your going to need a body cam. The car isn't too bad with others cars, it's people and bikes and motorcycles it has real problems with.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Got a recommendation? I'm in

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 points 3 hours ago

I have a Rove camera I got a few years ago. I want to get a second one for the back (I guess they sell a dual kit now).

[–] db2@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Dot: This poop? 94 days.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

The boon here isn't that it'll allow them to bring a shoddy product to market. The boon is they'll be able to continue milking investors by hiding the fact that they have no marketable product in this space while they keep selling off their stock.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's convenient for the author maker / oligarch / unelected government squatter running the country. I guess every once in awhile things just turn up his way.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

the neat thing about oligarchs is the betting odds that they'll keep their heads

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I wonder if the author realizes there are other companies making "self-driving" vehicles.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I'm sure that they're just as shitty and more concerned with profits than safety, just like Tesla. When you don't punish companies and ceo's like you would a homeless person, or teacher, or doctor, or police officer, or fireman, then they have no incentive to do anything other than profit at the expense of society.