Comment on Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 months agoIt’s not that people die crashing them, or even that a manufacturing/software defect causes the deaths.
It’s that Tesla knew that there was a software error that would almost certainly cause somebody to die, and intentionally chose not to address the issues for financial reasons. That’s textbook depraved indifference.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Reminds me of that cost of a recall calculation scene from Fight Club.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And that’s exactly why the depraved indifference rule exists.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Are there any famous examples of that being used?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Schlitterbahn waterpark is a fairly recent high-profile example.
The designers of the water coaster and co-owner of the park were charged with murder because they knew the ride was lethally dangerous and kept it running.
In fact, they’d paid off people hurt in other near-death accidents to keep quiet.