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From the CNBC article [1]: > The NTSB also called out Huang’s employer, Apple, for failing to set a strict policy for its employees banning non-emergency use o

by gok 7y ago

From the CNBC article [1]: > The NTSB also called out Huang’s employer, Apple, for failing to set a strict policy for its employees banning non-emergency use of mobile devices while driving Yeah the real problem here is insufficient employer paternalism during commutes. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/ntsb-calls-out-tesla-and-apple-for-neglecting-driver-safety.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/ntsb-calls-out-tesla-and-app...

mr_toad 7y ago
I see a lot of comments here and elsewhere that amount to exhortations to protect people from their own stupidity, whether that be Tesla, or the Government, or whoever. Never underestimate the ingenuity of idiots. No matter how carefully you design your safety protocols, some genius-level moron will find a way of getting themselves killed.
- quadrifoliate 7y ago
  The entire point of driver licensing is to "protect people from their own stupidity" by teaching them how to drive. Now you have companies using nudge-nudge-wink-wink terms like "Autopilot" that purport to be able to drive the car for you, while also saying in their EULA or whatever that actually, it doesn't work like that. I think it's quite reasonable, from a point of view of preventing false advertising to stop this. Removing all references to "Autopilot" and similar and replacing them with sensible descriptions like "Driver Steering Assist" like the other car manufacturers are using would definitely satisfy me.
quadrifoliate 7y ago
> policy for its employees banning non-emergency use of mobile devices while driving While this may be irrelevant to the current Tesla case, it's a big problem in general with all office workers. I know several people who will "join the meeting from their car" and set up a huge threat to their own safety, and that of people sharing the road with them. If anyone reading this does it as well, or puts people working under them in a position where they feel they have to do it – please stop! The NTSB says so as well.

by gok 7y ago

mr_toad 7y ago

I see a lot of comments here and elsewhere that amount to exhortations to protect people from their own stupidity, whether that be Tesla, or the Government, or whoever. Never underestimate the ingenuity of idiots. No matter how carefully you design your safety protocols, some genius-level moron will find a way of getting themselves killed.

quadrifoliate 7y ago
The entire point of driver licensing is to "protect people from their own stupidity" by teaching them how to drive. Now you have companies using nudge-nudge-wink-wink terms like "Autopilot" that purport to be able to drive the car for you, while also saying in their EULA or whatever that actually, it doesn't work like that. I think it's quite reasonable, from a point of view of preventing false advertising to stop this. Removing all references to "Autopilot" and similar and replacing them with sensible descriptions like "Driver Steering Assist" like the other car manufacturers are using would definitely satisfy me.

quadrifoliate 7y ago

> policy for its employees banning non-emergency use of mobile devices while driving While this may be irrelevant to the current Tesla case, it's a big problem in general with all office workers. I know several people who will "join the meeting from their car" and set up a huge threat to their own safety, and that of people sharing the road with them. If anyone reading this does it as well, or puts people working under them in a position where they feel they have to do it – please stop! The NTSB says so as well.