Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict
Geyser@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoDid the car try to stop and fail to do so in time due to the speeding, or did the car not try despite expected collision detection behavior?
Going off of OP’s quote, the jury found the driver responsible but Tesla is found liable, which is pretty confusing. It might make some sense if expected autopilot functionality despite the drivers foot being on the pedal didn’t work.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From the article, it looks like the car didn’t even try to stop because the driver was overridden by the acceleration because the driver had their foot pressed on the pedal (which isn’t normal during autopilot use).
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is correct. And when you do this, the car tells you it won’t brake.