Tesla settles with family who said Autopilot caused his fatal crash

Re:Tesla settles with family who said Autopilot caused his f... by aeternum on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:52PM (#39974917)

What does it tell us? In most accidents there is shared fault.

In this case, the guy was playing a game on his cellphone, no hands on the wheel.

The city also hadn't replaced the safety barrier after numerous past crashes so the life-saving crumple-zone was used up.

Tesla's FSD was engaged and made a very significant mistake.

I'd say all three parties are to blame. If any one of those factors were missing, this likely would not have been fatal.

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Re:Tesla settles with family who said Autopilot caused his f... by mallorypaine on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:58PM (#39974960)

Tesla paid out because FSD abruptly steered him out of the lane and into the barrier.

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Re:Tesla settles with family who said Autopilot caused his f... by yread on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @03:56AM (#39977088)

We don't know if he played games. Some person declared that he did. There is a way to collect evidence from phones and it's not "let's find an apple engineer who will make a deposition." In fact, if he really played games Tesla would make sure that it can be submitted as evidence in this court so it's more likely he did not.

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