Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time

Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time

The real crime is marketing the driver assist capability under the name autopilot when it is anything but that.
I think the real crime is vehicular manslaughter, especially the SECOND one.
Do we need to go through what autopilot in a plane or boat actually does again?
If we do, then they shouldn't have picked a name that most people think does something it doesn't.
What does full self driving mean ?
do we need to go through the differences in training, aptitude and intelligence between pilots, captains and your neighbor Greg again? Marketing it as "autopilot" to anyone who can sign a car loan is reckless and has killed people and will continue to kill people until they stop
Depends entirely on the type of autopilot.
Tesla should be playing wrongful death suits every time autopilot kills someone. Their excuses don't excuse the blatant marketing that leads people to believe it's a self driving car.
But you see that wasn't the vehicle's fault. It's been programmed perfectly. What happened was the fault of the pedestrians and driver for not properly predicting what the car would do.
maybe /s maybe not.
It's a common misunderstanding that an autopilot system in an airplane does everything or even a lot of things. The most basic ones keep the wings level and nothing else. Of course Tesla is probably counting on that misconception to sell this feature, but actual pilots using any kind of autopilot are still on the hook to pay attention 100% of the time.
In an airplane that is fine as pilots are specifically trained on the planes they fly (at least in theory). No one gets a special course in how to drive a specific (non industrial) car...
Way to ignore the death of two people, and hijack the discussion for your own opinions. Good job /s