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Re:Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for d... by nojvek on Thursday April 12, 2018 @01:23PM (#16823029)
If it’s a car that doesn’t require human driver to have her/his hands on the steering wheel at all times, and it crashes. It’s the car’s fault. i.e it collided into another semi-stationary object when it could steer away or brake.

This should be a law.

#1 job of any self driving system is to avoid obstacles. If you can’t do that reliably, it’s a fail!

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Re:Tesla issues strongest statement yet blaming driver for d... by Balgair on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:05PM (#16824928)
It is going to come down to the insurance companies. These first few crashes are going to be a nightmare of legal issues and set a lot of precedent. Likely, Tesla and the others are not going to be fined a lot, but they are going to be held accountable in some small way. As such, the insurance companies are going to set very stringent requirements for the 'new' auto-driving features or they are going to come up with some crazy clauses when using the features.
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