Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopilot caused crash

Re:Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopil... by studentrob on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:39AM (#19807189)

According to Tesla,

> the only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road [1]

Tesla has made a habit of drawing conclusions about investigations that have just begun. It is sketchy, and people have noticed.

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-says-fatal-model-x-aut...

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Re:Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopil... by jsight on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:28AM (#19807649)

I don't understand. What other theory are you proposing than that he wasn't paying attention?

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Re:Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopil... by studentrob on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:13PM (#19814907)

According to the preliminary report from the NTSB,

> At 3 seconds prior to the crash and up to the time of impact with the crash attenuator, the Tesla’s speed increased from 62 to 70.8 mph, with no precrash braking or evasive steering movement detected. [1]

This means the vehicle gave the driver less time to respond. I'd argue the manufacturer bears some responsibility.

[1] https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HWY1...

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Re:Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopil... by strainer on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:06AM (#19807446)

And how does that or the vaguely introduced link justify accusations of outrageous rhetorical trickery ?

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