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Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by sokoloff on Saturday June 10, 2023 @08:32PM (#36276812)
Safety features cost money; it doesn’t bother me for them to be optional, especially since the alternative for novel ones is more likely “not offered” or “everyone is forced to buy them” rather than “given away for no charge”.
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Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by taeric on Saturday June 10, 2023 @08:37PM (#36276837)
Safety features also save money, though? Through the safety. Makes sense that we could mandate they exist.
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Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by sokoloff on Saturday June 10, 2023 @09:12PM (#36276983)
You can (and we have mandated some). Most of those that are now mandated followed a pattern of being developed as an optional, premium-charge feature, which is unsurprising and probably drives much of the development of new safety features.
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