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The technology in question is cruise control, not auto pilot or auto steer or anything of the sort. Mercedes' have had radar enabled cruise control since the 80
by FussyZeus 10y ago
The technology in question is cruise control, not auto pilot or auto steer or anything of the sort. Mercedes' have had radar enabled cruise control since the 80's, and the principle is the same: The vehicle will keep pace with traffic and if you watch the video, that's exactly what it did. The driver maintains full control of the vehicle and it's clear by the sound of the conversation that the driver wasn't paying attention to the road, ergo, driver's fault 100%.
- bargl 10y agoDoes it brake and accelerate? If yes, then the car is responsible for braking and accelerating and any damage done while it is braking and accelerating. Does it turn? No, then no responsibility for turning. If I can rely on the car to break and go, then I should be able to RELY on the car to do so. This seems like a feature that makes people complacent and will end up hurting self driving car adoption in the long run. Look at how many people harp on the few accidents Google has been in, and they have a well trained driver in it. Tesla is just putting a 1/2 measure in place so that they can leverage their users as testers and pawning off responsibility when the users turn out to be TERRIBLE testers.
- FussyZeus 10y ago> Does it brake and accelerate? If yes, then the car is responsible for braking and accelerating and any damage done while it is braking and accelerating. Except that this car's manual, along with every other car I've ever owned and seen that had active cruise control, specifically states that the car will not stop for stationary objects. People need to RTFM. It comes with the vehicle for a reason.