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Re:Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for d... by xvf22 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:10PM (#16815032)
It'll work 99% of the time and lull you into a false sense of security. The other 1% of the time you better be ready to take over with little notice or there's a chance you'll end up dead. And with automatic updates a section of road that has been fine for a year suddenly tries to kill you...

Blaming the victim certainly doesn't sit well with me.

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Re:Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for d... by waitwhatt on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:16PM (#16815752)
I totally agree. I am a massive fan of Tesla but this response is absolutely atrocious and disrespectful.

They refuse to acknowledge a bug in THEIR software which drove his car in to a concrete barrier and pin all the blame on him. Even so far as to tease him and ask why he would even use their product in that area (which Tesla allows).

It must feel so so so sad to have your loved one die and then to read this heartless BS from tesla.

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Re:Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for d... by mlamat on Thursday April 12, 2018 @01:11AM (#16818186)
I also always say this to others. It doesn't matter if it works 99.9% of the time. It took them maybe 10 years to get the software to this point. But it will take 50 years to solve the rest. And nobody is going to use the systems before that.
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