It displays how behind the times the NTSB (and most regulatory bodies) are. The fact that "the result was a collision that, frankly, should have never happened"

It displays how behind the times the NTSB (and most regulatory bodies) are. The fact that "the result was a collision that, frankly, should have never happened" is entirely their fault. Were they ever in contact/collaboration with Tesla about this kind of technology? If not, why weren't they? Are we going to continue down the same years-long path of reactionary regulations where several more people have to die before the government grows a backbone on this? I'm all for the government keeping its nose out of places it doesn't belong, but as we've learned over the past century, companies don't give 2 shits about whether or not the products they release harm consumers; it's entirely up to government to set the boundaries. You won't find me in any car with any kind of self-driving "autopilot" feature for many, many years.