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It is just very fancy cruise control but it's still very significant to the whole "will a person ever get in trouble for taking over from the automated system"
by rtkwe 3y ago
It is just very fancy cruise control but it's still very significant to the whole "will a person ever get in trouble for taking over from the automated system" discussion that they're the only ones taking legal responsibility while the system is active. Everyone else including Tesla puts all the legal weight on you to stay constantly alert and take over for the system.
- natch 3y agoDon’t worry, Mercedes will also put the legal weight on you by disabling the system well in advance of any potentially risky segments of road. So their promise is essentially PR fakery. Don’t fall for it.
- rtkwe 3y agoAs long as they're not cutting out moments before a crash to shift liability at the last second I don't see the problem. Disabling the system early when it's not sure it can operate safely is way better than not doing that and plowing into the side of a truck because the driver enabled it on a road with un-signaled cross traffic. (When the car could know from map data it's on a road it's not well equipped to handle mind you)
- belltaco 3y agoIt'd be interesting to read the legalese, one article states that it's on a case by case system. Since there are so many limitations, how will it deal with, say, there no longer being a car in front of you?
- dragonwriter 3y ago> they're the only ones taking legal responsibility while the system is active They are the only ones using the consequences of general principles of product liability as a selling point, might be more accurate.