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Re:US opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its "fu... by afavour on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:18AM (#45528903)
Right, but the companies still aren't going to if they don't have to. Otherwise Tesla would be doing it today.

OP said:

> self driving will be statistically significantly better than human drivers, but because it isn't perfect we won't allow it anyway.

My contention is that it's not that everyone is a luddite, it's that while companies are legally allowed to provide quasi-self driving they have no liability for they will do exactly that. And that is what will hold us back.

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Re:US opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its "fu... by bryanlarsen on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:25AM (#45529023)
1. Tesla has been found liable in one case, there will be many more. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-autopilot-crash-t...

2. There's $1000/year of potential revenue they're missing out on by not assuming liability. That's a pretty powerful incentive.

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