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Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home
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Sure, but if they say you have to be in control at all times to pass blame then they need to call it driver assist or something other than "full self driving".
They can call it whatever they want, the bottom line is that a human is behind the wheel and ultimately they're responsible.
And I think it has been well established at this point that fsd isn't ready yet, that it's not safe. The fact that they call it "full self driving" is cute... but it's marketing, it's not a get out of jail free card.
Tesla should be held at least partially responsible for being intentionally misleading in how they named their fancy cruise control.
Okay, so the name sucks, but if my kid breaks her laptop, I still gotta pay it. I didn't break it. The kid broke it. But it's still my responsibility.
I don't have a kid. If I did, I'd hope I had a kid who wouldn't break nice things. But, let's be real. Kids and cats break nice things. I also don't have a Tesla. But if you own something (or you have a pet or a child) you are still responsible for what they do.
It's going to be interesting if we ever get those cars that go out on our behalf and do ride sharing gigs while we're at work, earning back the money they spend keeping themselves charged. I wanna say one of the EV makers floated that idea. It never happened. But if it did, while you're at work your car does damage. Who are they going to blame? Maybe you have insurance that covers it. But you'd still be responsible.
yeah if its named absolutely no liabilty to you we will take all the blame because we guarantee our car has full self driving capability. well thats just a name. it does not mean anything.
This argument is just bonkers. Are you conflating a child and a corporations claim for a car to be fully self driving? These aren’t even comparable things.
I've never seen a 16 year old corporation charged with murder and tried as an adult.