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Newspaper: "You're self-driving car killed people!" Company: "Nah bro, it was my car's feature X that killed them, not the self-driving feature" Newspaper: "B
by joe_the_user 6y ago
Newspaper: "You're self-driving car killed people!"
Company: "Nah bro, it was my car's feature X that killed them, not the self-driving feature"
Newspaper: "But self-driving cars are supposed to be safe!"
Company: "They are safe. It's just feature X cars that aren't safe. And we give people a choice."
Newspaper: "But self-driving cars are supposed to be safe!"
Which is to say, no one paid to attention to the exact breakdown because most people aren't going to dive into the options. If Tesla wants self-driving to seem safe, they sure as better disable all unsafe self-driving features.
- ajross 6y agoBut... "Feature X" in this case is the accelerator pedal.
- joe_the_user 6y agoYes, if Tesla marketing leads people to believe their cars safe just launching with no driver, Tesla technology should probably prevent drivers from just pressing the accelerator peddle from the passenger seat. I mean, just automatic transmission imposes a few restrictions on the driver that standard doesn't. "Maybe self-driving" is going to create driver behaviors that definitely-not-self-driving doesn't. Cars have been elaborately idiot-proofed for a long time 'cause a lot of idiots drive.