Yes. Unambiguously yes. The current laws on self driving cars is very clear that the driver must always be looking at the road, must always be assessing whether the car is driving safely, and must be ready to take control of the car at any time.
I’m not defending Tesla here, I hate them as much as the next guy, but to say that the driver was not responsible for this is ridiculous.
The law says yes. However I think the law is wrong. I think the law should put the company that designed the system at fault. They are creating system that is encouraging people to not focus on the road and if they are doing that they should be responsible for what the car does.
I also think that Tesla is super irresponsible by living in the “uncanny valley” of self-driving where they advertise like it is full self driving (Autopilot) but then say the driver needs to pay attention. I think this should be illegal because it is well-known the humans can’t reliably pay attention to mundane tasks. I think Google did this right. They did an early test of self-driving with their employees, noticed that a lot of them weren’t paying attention and pulled the plug. Then they stopped testing until they had full self driving.
Yes. Unambiguously yes. The current laws on self driving cars is very clear that the driver must always be looking at the road, must always be assessing whether the car is driving safely, and must be ready to take control of the car at any time.
I’m not defending Tesla here, I hate them as much as the next guy, but to say that the driver was not responsible for this is ridiculous.
The law says yes. However I think the law is wrong. I think the law should put the company that designed the system at fault. They are creating system that is encouraging people to not focus on the road and if they are doing that they should be responsible for what the car does.
I also think that Tesla is super irresponsible by living in the “uncanny valley” of self-driving where they advertise like it is full self driving (Autopilot) but then say the driver needs to pay attention. I think this should be illegal because it is well-known the humans can’t reliably pay attention to mundane tasks. I think Google did this right. They did an early test of self-driving with their employees, noticed that a lot of them weren’t paying attention and pulled the plug. Then they stopped testing until they had full self driving.
Both are responsible