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Re:Tesla Autopilot Crash: Why We Should Worry About a Single... by klakier on Monday July 11, 2016 @02:47PM (#12073294)
We should worry because of the blurred responsibility. Have you ever seen large company responsible for death? This is how it works, you will die and there will be nobody responsible for this.

Tesla is not safe car, it is as safe as Honda Civic, with ~40 deaths per million cars. Do the math if you don't believe me.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot Crash: Why We Should Worry About a Single... by mikeash on Monday July 11, 2016 @03:08PM (#12073477)
Which is how it should be. If I die in my car, it's almost certainly going to be my fault or the fault of another driver, not the fault of the car maker. Of the ~30,000 traffic deaths/year in the US, how many are due to faulty equipment?

As far as doing the math, are we counting deaths like the guy who stole one and crashed it going 120MPH without a seat belt?

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