Comment on Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time

• PlutoParty@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Despite autopilot’s flaws, this is already true.

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  • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In not entirely sure if I trust the statistics that are available for a couple reasons (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong):

    1. They are self reported by the manufacturer
    2. Systems like autopilot will revert to manual control when it detects a situation it can’t handle, which means it has the luxury of “not being at fault during the crash” when it may have caused the situation 5 seconds before
    3. It’s comparing to all vehicles instead of just vehicles that have similar non-self-driving but effective safety features

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