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Re:Mercedes Is the First Automaker to Offer Level 3 Self-Dri... by brigade on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:22AM (#34335286)
Big difference between needing to keep attention on the road because the car is liable to hit parked cars obstructing the travel lane, and merely having to be ready to shift your attention and start driving when the operational design domain of a L3 system is no longer met. Like for this Drive Pilot, when traffic speeds up to 40 MPH.
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Re:Mercedes Is the First Automaker to Offer Level 3 Self-Dri... by judge2020 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:56AM (#34335483)
The only thing is whether or not Mercedes will take liability for their system if it causes an incident while operating within their defined driving limitation (eg. 35mph). If they still say "it's up to you", it's tough to trust it enough to read a book or watch a movie.
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Re:Mercedes Is the First Automaker to Offer Level 3 Self-Dri... by sveme on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:12AM (#34335592)
In Germany, they take the liability. Probably the same in the US.
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