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They already do have a sensor in the seat. It's one of the ways the car knows when to turn on.

• belval 5y ago
  Well then I suppose we will see a software update soon to address this.
  • moistbar 5y ago
    I believe they're working on using the rear-view mirror camera to watch for driver attentiveness, which would solve both this issue and the issue of their current driver attentiveness system sucking so, so bad.
    • belval 5y ago
      I feel like we would enter in a problematic part of driver monitoring with that feature though. Tesla has shown that they were willing to use their data to protect themselves when a customer would crash their car so they might have access to a constant video feed that could be used by the police. I am probably reading too much into this, but I just don't like possibly live cameras recording me...
      • moistbar 5y ago
        On the positive side, though, if you get accused of being distracted and causing an accident when you were paying attention, the camera inside the car would prove that for you.
  • avereveard 5y ago
    I'm gonna bet they're intentionally going lightweight on the driver checks because all the ticktocks are free advertisement for their 8k$ "autopilot" option