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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by geaibleu on Saturday January 24, 2026 @12:07PM (#46745309)
You aren't going to like answer but yes, there are firmware safety checks + CAN checksums. And driver facing camera tracking your attention so you aren't asleep behind the wheel. Something that your Tesla apparently failed to consider https://driving.ca/auto-news/crashes/sleeping-tesla-driver-r...

Your attitude reminds me of how Microsoft fans talked down Linux and GNU; blah blah open source can never be as good/secure/stable as our billion-dollar commercial product because money/certificate

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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by buildbot on Saturday January 24, 2026 @12:26PM (#46745527)
Okay, is every change validated by a safety agency? No. I asked a lawyer this question and the answer was “on every level yes you could sue them”.

Edit - Further back and forth and depending on the circumstances, comma could be criminally liable.

I don’t have a tesla or a car.

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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by geaibleu on Saturday January 24, 2026 @12:57PM (#46745841)
You have an auto industry lawyer on retainer to ask hypotheticals on Sunday evening?

First answer your own question (and ask lawyer while you at it), is every changed pushed by Tesla reviewed by EU/CA/US regulators? And then explain to me how your Tesla still allowed driver to fall asleep. FYI that was not a singular accident.

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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by buildbot on Saturday January 24, 2026 @02:17PM (#46746610)
Yes I texted a lawyer.

Again, I do not have a Tesla. I have never had a Tesla. I do not plan to own one.

Here’s a 240M dollar judgment against tesla- https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/04...

You think that’ll go better if you hit and maim me with your comma controlled car?

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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by geaibleu on Saturday January 24, 2026 @03:11PM (#46747184)
Your argument went from "cute GitHub project has no safety" to "I get money if tesla maims me".

I must ask you again, if Tesla, an example of your choosing, works with regulators and has every change certified and reviewed then how did they fail basic safety check?

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