Thankfully, Tesla have full record of driver inputs, speed, steering, Autosteer status, warnings, etc etc
If this does end up going to court, this will be disclosed and should make it clear what the system was doing and what the driver was doing
Will matter more than speculation either way.
medraxus on
So the driver manually drifted across the center line into a semi-truck, and the argument is that Tesla is at fault for not stopping them?
That is a massive reach. Lane Departure features are assists, not force-fields. If a driver overrides the wheel (even unconsciously) or ignores the chime, the car isn’t supposed to fight them. It’s a horrific tragedy, but trying to pin a clear-cut case of driver error on ‘marketing hype’ feels like a desperate legal stretch to go after deep pockets
Lancaster1983 on
Just terrible
Down623 on
I don’t get it. It sounds like they’re saying they don’t believe Autopilot was on, but then imply that the car was driving itself, then also claim that it didn’t warn an “inattentive driver,” implying that the driver wasn’t driving or wasn’t paying attention (ie driving recklessly or negligently). I hate Tesla and Elon as much as the next guy but this seems pretty flimsy.
jdsizzle1 on
I have a BMW with lane assist and I turned that shit off after it tried to steer me into traffic more than a couple times. The camera would falsely pick up grooves and lines in the road thinking it was the road changing direction and yank the steering wheel. Fuck that. Im betting this is similar.
OKStamped on
Stop giving me reasons to not buy a Tesla. I already have enough, thanks.
Abject_Elevator5461 on
There’s no way that I’m letting any current car manufacturer’s product drive for me. Especially Tesla. No thank you. I like my life to be in my own hands.
MakingItElsewhere on
If any driver assistance features or FSD were found to be turned on, this will never go to court. It’ll be “Parties have reached a settlement agreement and signed NDAs without Tesla taking responsibility.”
Meanwhile, Tesla stock will continue to rise as he swears his cars are the safest cars on the road.
RevRagnarok on
My sister-in-law’s turned into a one-way street the wrong way just yesterday… 🙄
Justgame32 on
This reminds me of that crash investigation that showed Autopilot disabled itself mere miliseconds before an inevitable crash to make sure it wasnt logged as “crashed while in autopilot”
eggpoowee on
Here’s an idea
Control the car yourself, as was intended, that way, we can narrow that blame right down
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Unbelievable
surely the stock will raise on this news!
Thankfully, Tesla have full record of driver inputs, speed, steering, Autosteer status, warnings, etc etc
If this does end up going to court, this will be disclosed and should make it clear what the system was doing and what the driver was doing
Will matter more than speculation either way.
So the driver manually drifted across the center line into a semi-truck, and the argument is that Tesla is at fault for not stopping them?
That is a massive reach. Lane Departure features are assists, not force-fields. If a driver overrides the wheel (even unconsciously) or ignores the chime, the car isn’t supposed to fight them. It’s a horrific tragedy, but trying to pin a clear-cut case of driver error on ‘marketing hype’ feels like a desperate legal stretch to go after deep pockets
Just terrible
I don’t get it. It sounds like they’re saying they don’t believe Autopilot was on, but then imply that the car was driving itself, then also claim that it didn’t warn an “inattentive driver,” implying that the driver wasn’t driving or wasn’t paying attention (ie driving recklessly or negligently). I hate Tesla and Elon as much as the next guy but this seems pretty flimsy.
I have a BMW with lane assist and I turned that shit off after it tried to steer me into traffic more than a couple times. The camera would falsely pick up grooves and lines in the road thinking it was the road changing direction and yank the steering wheel. Fuck that. Im betting this is similar.
Stop giving me reasons to not buy a Tesla. I already have enough, thanks.
There’s no way that I’m letting any current car manufacturer’s product drive for me. Especially Tesla. No thank you. I like my life to be in my own hands.
If any driver assistance features or FSD were found to be turned on, this will never go to court. It’ll be “Parties have reached a settlement agreement and signed NDAs without Tesla taking responsibility.”
Meanwhile, Tesla stock will continue to rise as he swears his cars are the safest cars on the road.
My sister-in-law’s turned into a one-way street the wrong way just yesterday… 🙄
This reminds me of that crash investigation that showed Autopilot disabled itself mere miliseconds before an inevitable crash to make sure it wasnt logged as “crashed while in autopilot”
Here’s an idea
Control the car yourself, as was intended, that way, we can narrow that blame right down
Don’t be a dip shit in the first place