There are other cars on the market that use technology that will literally override your input if they detect that there is a crash imminent. Even those cars do not claim to have autopilot and Tesla has not changed their branding or wording which is a lot of the problem here.
I can’t say for sure that they are responsible or not in this case because I don’t know what the person driving then assumed. But if they assumed that the “safety features” (in particular autopilot) would mitigate their recklessness and Tesla can’t prove they knew about the override of such features, then I’m not sure the court is wrong in this case. The fact that they haven’t changed their wording or branding of autopilot (particularly calling it that), is kind of damning here.
Autopilot maintains speed and heading or flight path in planes. But the average person doesn’t know or understand that. Tesla has been using the pop culture understanding of what autopilot is and that’s a lot of the problem. Other cars have warning about what their “assisted driving” systems do, and those warnings pop up every time you engage them before you can set any settings etc. But those other car manufacturers also don’t claim the car can drive itself.
fodor@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
More than one person can be at fault, my friend. Don’t lie about your product and expect no consequences.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 days ago
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.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yes, that’s how cruise control works. So it’s just cruise control right?….~right?~
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Normally, cruise control isn’t turned off by acceleration. It’s turned off by braking.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Well it’s cruise control, plus lane control, plus emergency braking. But it wasn’t switched on was it so whether or not Tesla I’ve been entirely honest with their advertising (for the record they are not been honest) isn’t relevant in this case.
fodor@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
We can bet on a lot, but when you’re betting on human lives, you might get hit with a massive lawsuit, right? Try to bet less.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I don’t know what you’re trying to say.
Do you think it shouldn’t be possible to override autopilot?
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Never said they weren’t wrong for lieing. Just that this case seems a poor match for showing that.