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this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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When autonomous cars are good enough to just drive people around then yeah the companies should be liable, but right now they're not and drivers should be fully alert as if they are driving a regular vehicle.
they become autonomous cars. It's not autopilot if I'm liable, simple as that.
Which is what would be per manufacturer instructions, which still falls under my definition
Replies aren't always in disagreement! I agree with what you are saying, just adding on my thoughts on information further up the thread too.
Ah I see, it didn't come across like it at first
There are already fully autonomous taxis in some cities. Tesla is nowhere near fully autonomous, but others have accomplished it.
"Accomplished" is a strong word for something as complex as autonomous driving.
Fair, but when a company is given the authority to run fully autonomous taxis in cities that's a huge accomplishment. Granted they are cities that don't see things like snow storms and I'm sure there is a good reason for that.
What the fuck is the autonomous driving mode even for though? It seems like it's just a dangerous toy...
It's still in its infacy, eventually it will replace humans entirely and the roads will be much safer. Right now it's just like improved cruise control and kind of pointless.
Some manufacturers have already said they will claim full responsibility for their cars in self-driving mode, which makes sense to do.
I'll clarify: what is the actual purpose of giving customers access to this infantile technology? It doesn't make following traffic laws easier like cruise control does, it doesn't make drivers better at driving or safer behind the wheel, and it merely encourages distracted driving.
So why did they ship this product? Again, it just seems like a dangerous toy.
Manufacturers provide this feature for the implicit purpose of enabling distracted driving. Yet they will not accept liability if someone drives distractedly.
Next in We Are Not Liable For How Consumers Use Our Product, Elon will replace the speedometer by Candy Crush with small text that says "pwease do not use while dwiving UwU".
You choose to activate that mode, while I understand your sentiment and do agree, it's not as cut and dry as 'company liable' or 'driver liable', both can be at fault. Taking blame off drivers entirely could make people even less attentive and the safety of lives is more important than some fines to a car manufacturer. The real problem is that mode being allowed to exist at all. It's clearly not ready for use on public roads and companies are just abusing advertising to try and pin their 'autopilot' as something it isn't.
Also note: Some manufacturers (Volvo & Mercedes, that I know of) have already said they will claim full responsibility for their cars in self-driving mode.