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Why would someone use autopilot when Tesla is not liable for damages? Its like you hire a driver but you are liable for any crash they do.
by o_p 5y ago
Why would someone use autopilot when Tesla is not liable for damages? Its like you hire a driver but you are liable for any crash they do.
- matz1 5y agoTo make driving more relaxing. Instead of actively driving you switch to be a driving supervisor instead. Think about it as a really advance cruise control. Autopilot doesn't mean it won't crash, thats absurd.
- Google234 5y agoThere is something called personal responsibility that most people believe in. We aren’t children. You could ask that question about literally anything that you buy that could potential kill you.
- andrepd 5y agoThat doesn't apply to cars, which have the potential to kill anyone who shares the road with you (or people on crosswalks, the sidewalk, cafés, inside shops, etc). So it is my business that you drive safely.
- o_p 5y ago>There is something called personal responsibility that most people believe in. If you are talking about the personal responsability of Elon Musk by misleading the public into thinking his cars have anything close to a self driving car, I agree. If autopilot is not autopilot, then why name it as such?
- ominous_prime 5y agoBecause it is similar to an actual autopilot. Aircraft autopilots are also not fully-autonomous, and basically just follow a predetermined course.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoTurns out following a pre-determined course on the streets is harder.
- ominous_prime 5y agoWhich makes what Tesla calls “autopilot” all the more appropriate IMO. Both will get you _most_ of the way from A to B, while you have to pay very close attention at any critical point, and generally supervise it at all times.
- xxpor 5y agoBecause autopilot has nothing to do with the crash. You're supposed to pay attention and take over at any time. Why does anyone drive any car when the manufacturer isn't liable for mechanical failures that could cause a crash? I'm much more worried about a suspension part failing and my wheel flying off than autopilot doing something dumb.
- Hypocritelefty 5y agoWhere does tesla find clowns like you? Lol
- stretchwithme 5y agoGotta treat it like cruise control.
- DalasNoin 5y agoThey behaved irresponsible, but Tesla could really use actual driver attention monitoring. It should not be possible to have no one sitting in the driving seat. They seem to have a broken attention monitoring system that is easily tricked.
- d4l3k 5y agoThey are working on a camera based solution though it's imperfect. You can see examples of it running at https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1379928419136339969 https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1379928419136339969
- xxpor 5y agoYeah I generally agree with this. Forget the camera stuff the other commenter mentioned, the seats have a weight sensor already for other stuff like making sure you don't get out of the car when it's not in park. I can't believe AP doesn't use that, unless the owner here bypassed that by shorting the circuit or something.
- bobsomers 5y ago> Why does anyone drive any car when the manufacturer isn't liable for mechanical failures that could cause a crash? Manufacturers absolutely are liable if there is a design problem. This is the entire reason recalls exist. One could certainly argue that Tesla's laissez faire attitude toward autopilot safety constitutes a systems engineering design failure, making it grounds for a recall.
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- mulmen 5y agoYou are expected to pay full attention.