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Because they can do it and because its currently illegal to operate without a person in the drivers seat. Most cars it's never been a worry because the vehicle

Because they can do it and because its currently illegal to operate without a person in the drivers seat. Most cars it's never been a worry because the vehicle would crash immediately when someone moved to the back seat, so if someone attempted this they had a death wish anyway. Now, we are in a transition phase where cars aren't fully self driving but they have features they take some control over which gives people a false sense of confidence, and Tesla is the worst offender here. If there is a feature that reliably prevents a Civic from striking a person, you can bet it should be included on every new vehicle. Look at rear view cameras - rarely seen 10 years ago and they are now required by law on new cars in the US because they have proven to greatly enhance the safety of pedestrians. The legislation hasn't caught up with the tech here - it will soon enough.

ajross 5y ago
> Look at rear view cameras [...] have proven to greatly enhance the safety of pedestrians. Which is sort of the point I think you're missing: the driver nag doesn't seem to enhance safety much at all. In fact I don't think we have a single known accident (now that everyone seems to be backing off from assumptions about that Texas crash) where someone defeated a Tesla driver nag and got into a crash a human driver would have prevented. Everyone should agree that we should demand proven safety features be implemented broadly. The problem is that people seem to be arguing the converse: that because Tesla has this feature, it must mean that autopilot is UNsafe. And that just doesn't seem to be the case.