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She is still the driver. Blaming things on Autopilot is not going to get anyone very far in the legal sense.

JshWright 5y ago
Tesla seems to want it both ways... Sell their cars by marketing how magical the autopilot is, then blaming drivers when the believe the marketing hype.
- buffington 5y ago
  I only have my own experience to draw upon, so I may be an outlier, but I didn't buy a Tesla because of its Autopilot feature. If they pulled the feature today, I'd be totally fine with that. As a user of Autopilot, it's absolutely insane to me that anyone would blame Autopilot for a wreck. It's like a "smart" cruise control, except unlike cruise control, it gives you all sorts of warnings about your role as the driver and will shut itself off if it thinks you're not paying attention. Any one blaming Autopilot for a Tesla wreck is either trying to sensationalize, or is just completely inept or lying.
  - yupper32 5y ago
    > I didn't buy a Tesla because of its Autopilot feature. If they pulled the feature today, I'd be totally fine with that. Many many people paid $1000+ for the promise of Full Self-Driving that doesn't exist. People definitely care about the Autopilot feature a lot more than you. > It's like a "smart" cruise control Except they call it Autopilot! You can't call something Autopilot and then blame people for expecting the car to drive itself. Call it lane assist or cruise control plus or something.
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- FireBeyond 5y ago
  Yup. Tesla will happily put out press releases saying "autopilot is not at fault - the vehicle warned the driver prior to the collision to put hands on the steering wheel"... One warning. Fourteen minutes prior to the incident. That part wasn't in the press release. The Summon feature is the same. Marketing copy: "Use Summon in a car park to bring your vehicle to you while dealing with a fussy child" (literal quote). Disclaimer: "Do not use Summon while distracted." There's apparently a giant Chinese wall between Marketing and Legal at Tesla, because it's far from the only example. Another, that's still present in some Tesla videos, and has been there for years: > The driver is only in the seat for legal reasons. The car is driving itself.

Tesla seems to want it both ways... Sell their cars by marketing how magical the autopilot is, then blaming drivers when the believe the marketing hype.

buffington 5y ago
I only have my own experience to draw upon, so I may be an outlier, but I didn't buy a Tesla because of its Autopilot feature. If they pulled the feature today, I'd be totally fine with that. As a user of Autopilot, it's absolutely insane to me that anyone would blame Autopilot for a wreck. It's like a "smart" cruise control, except unlike cruise control, it gives you all sorts of warnings about your role as the driver and will shut itself off if it thinks you're not paying attention. Any one blaming Autopilot for a Tesla wreck is either trying to sensationalize, or is just completely inept or lying.
- yupper32 5y ago
  > I didn't buy a Tesla because of its Autopilot feature. If they pulled the feature today, I'd be totally fine with that. Many many people paid $1000+ for the promise of Full Self-Driving that doesn't exist. People definitely care about the Autopilot feature a lot more than you. > It's like a "smart" cruise control Except they call it Autopilot! You can't call something Autopilot and then blame people for expecting the car to drive itself. Call it lane assist or cruise control plus or something.
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FireBeyond 5y ago
Yup. Tesla will happily put out press releases saying "autopilot is not at fault - the vehicle warned the driver prior to the collision to put hands on the steering wheel"... One warning. Fourteen minutes prior to the incident. That part wasn't in the press release. The Summon feature is the same. Marketing copy: "Use Summon in a car park to bring your vehicle to you while dealing with a fussy child" (literal quote). Disclaimer: "Do not use Summon while distracted." There's apparently a giant Chinese wall between Marketing and Legal at Tesla, because it's far from the only example. Another, that's still present in some Tesla videos, and has been there for years: > The driver is only in the seat for legal reasons. The car is driving itself.