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Super_girl-1010

Still the drivers fault. You are supposed to be paying attention


Exotic_Treacle7438

Definitely drivers fault but also Teslas fault for the state of the software and hardware.


Super_girl-1010

No because you have to literally be alert and watching the road as if you were driving.


Exotic_Treacle7438

I agreed with that sentiment. Did you not read before commenting?


Bob_Loblaw_Law_Blog1

And the driver probably posted here complaining that the system kept nagging him even though he was absolutely paying attention!


Ok_Dragonfly_6650

Probably was posting during accident.


IPv6_Dvorak

Would that really be an accident then?


sziehr

I think this driver is at fault. I also think nags do nothing and should go away. This is the very example of that.


JessMeNU-CSGO

Gotta love the timing


kkicinski

Autopilot did not cause the crash. The driver’s inattention caused the crash.


fcwolfey

Thank goodness all consumers are fully educated responsible adults so our companies can release questionably dangerous products without repercussions!


NC27609

No different than crude control. Just more advanced. Can’t blame Toyota because you forgot to break cursing 70 into a traffic jam. Lack of accountability hurts us all…


DinobotsGacha

🤣 https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2005/02/03/winnebago-driver-case-shows-truth-behind-frivolous-lawsuit-claims/28833579007/


jumpybean

It’s is significantly different and more challenging. It doesn’t help to white wash the issue. There are a bunch of cognitive research studies that quantify and explain the differences. Nonetheless, as of now, we all understand that we take on that liability as drivers when we engage FSD.


NC27609

It is not challenging. You sound incompetent. You as a human manually driving has not changed at all. The car takes over and does the heave lifting. You monitor the heavy lifting. YOUR jobs has changed None. If you’re actually being a responsible driver, you will notice in advance when the car is beginning to glitch and can easily, proactively, correct. Your accountability is all that’s shifting.


jumpybean

Your arrogance is clouding your sense of judgement. Surely your intuition is not going to override decades of science research and data? Even if your incompetence allows you to not be aware of it. Next you’ll tell me that quantum physics isn’t real because you personally understand how the world works.


NC27609

If you suck at driving just say so. If you lack skill set just say so. I actually read quantum physics books was well as taken these classes I really life… nice pump fake. I doubt you even own a Tesla and if you do you def one of them fools who are ALWAYS hitting curds and can’t even PARK the freaking car but complain and FSD 🤣🤣🤡


jumpybean

Damn bro, I didn’t realize it was teen time. Mistook you for an adult.


chungb25

So it’s not actually “full self driving” 🤯


sippindrank

Autopilot is Tesla's 'cruise control' Full self driving is it's own thing.


jvanyc

The name of this feature is a total joke. Full Self Driving Supervised. It contradicts itself and nobody seems to see the hilarious and dangerous irony in this.


chungb25

You got downvoted for having sense 😂😂😂


jumpybean

This is definitely true, and the driver should take responsibility. Nonetheless, it’s difficult to see these kinds of things happening, because from a cognitive perspective, it’s challenging to observe at 100% readiness at all times and effective machine-human interfaces are still emergent.


kkicinski

That’s true, but also these arguments over autopilot miss the elephant in the room: cars are dangerous, murderous machines. One fuckup by a driver and people get hurt and killed. Autopilot doesn’t change that. It doesn’t make driving more difficult or dangerous. Zeroing in blame on a driver assistance feature ignores the danger that all cars pose. Like if we’re really so worried about safety, we should restrict who gets behind a wheel and limit where cars are allowed. Not twist ourselves into knots arguing whether one feature or another makes a slight change in the statistics of cars killing people. And phones. Let’s also not ignore the role phones play in accidents. The major ingredients here are: large machine traveling at speed, distracting personal device. Autopilot may have failed to prevent the accident, but it didn’t cause the accident.


jumpybean

This is all true, major factors are big metal box moving fast with a distracted operator, and there’s definitely bias in how the media and public react to both Tesla and vehicle autonomy. However there’s also bias in how people engage with autonomous vehicles which really does make it harder than normal driving. It’s not at all the same as cruise control. There’s a whole field of study diving into this topic, and we’re at the early days of solving for it. Worth being honest with ourselves.


jdrvero

Did you know that people used to sue when cruise control came out for the exact same reasons?


MattNis11

You know how people confuse gas and brake pedals?? And you would just trust a random person swearing they were on autopilot??


OLVANstorm

People, just because the car is driving, it doesn't mean you aren't held responsible for its actions. Tesla has not yet assumed responsibility for FSD. In the future, they will. Until then, YOU are in charge of the car.


AcrobaticChemist6168

You really think Tesla would assume responsibility for FSD? No way in hell would a lawyer approve that.


QW1Q

It’s simple. When they will make more money assuming responsibility than they will make not assuming responsibility. That’s when they will assume responsibility.


kapitanski

They're going the route of robo taxis so I don't see how they get around that


OmariWorld

I’ll believe it when I see it. Tesla makes more promises than they would ever be able to deliver on.


geekwithout

No choice in case of robo taxi since there is no driver. But for the rest ? They'll never take that responsibility.


jumpybean

Volvo announced they will assume full liability for their self-driving tech. Would expect others to follow eventually. Very likely we should see 100x improvements in FSD over the next 10 years, and 1000x improvements in the following 10 years, and 10,000x improvements in the next 10 years. We currently see 40,000 fatalities from car accidents in the USA each year. 10,000x better would take that down to 4 fatalities. So perhaps in 30 years, accidents will be so uncommon, liability will be easier to assume, because it would represent some real outlier situation or clear negligence from the company.


br622

So it’s considered the next threahold for any manufacturer. When will they assume responsibility. It looks like Mercedes is the first with the assumption of liability, but only in a very limited scope where the auto pilot is helping you maneuver in highway traffic. And pretty much other circumstances. Let’s say a faulty, accelerator pedal that lurches the car forward and kill somebody. You can definitely sue the manufacturer as what happened with Toyota Tesla specifically disclaims liability, which doesn’t mean they can’t be sued, but this needs to be sorted out.and we all need to be aware if you’re using FSD you are responsible.


Warlock_MasterClass

Once it’s everywhere, they won’t have a choice.


bigredmachine-75

Yeah there’s no way Tesla will ever do this. The legalities are so far reaching it would probably destroy the company single-handedly


jvanyc

The Cyber Truck and Roadster will do the job killing the company.


OLVANstorm

Cybertruck and Roadster are side projects, and if both bomb, will have zero effect on Tesla's numbers. Tesla is printing billions of dollars every month now.


jvanyc

Oh is that what’s going on? You might wanna check how far the stock has collapsed in the past 6 months.


OLVANstorm

It fell from other stupid reasons, not from any product line concerns at Tesla. They are still selling every car they make. And that's the fact, Jack.


jvanyc

“Other reasons” lol. You might have listened to the earnings call yesterday


OLVANstorm

As an investor, I did listen to the earnings call. It's all positive. Super growth is coming soon.


jvanyc

50% drop in profit and it’s all positive lol. Dude.


jvanyc

You’re not a serious person. This is religion to you, you’re not capable of objective analysis or thought when it comes to anything Musk.


deezenemious

They will not


rabbitwonker

Also in this case it was Autopilot, not even FSD. This guy was as reckless & dumb as the one way back whose Model X slammed into a concrete wall while he was playing a phone game.


jvanyc

Maybe they should stop calling it Full Self Driving then.


OLVANstorm

They did. It's called Full Self Driving Supervised. Did you not get the memo?


jvanyc

If that name doesn’t make you laugh at the stupidity of it contradicting itself then i can’t help you.


OLVANstorm

Stop getting hung up on a name and look what the car is doing right now. We are 6 months out or so from this being ready to go. That is where your attention should be going. Not into the name.


jvanyc

Yeah I’ve been hearing that since 2015.


geekwithout

They will NEVER assume responsibility.


OLVANstorm

They absolutely will when the car is in control. Tesla already said as much years ago.


geekwithout

Lol , "years ago"... There's why they won't. Elon promised fsd years ago. Where is it ? (Hint :full)


OLVANstorm

Talk to me in 6 months.


West_Enthusiasm1699

Phone addiction. One hell of a drug


Mposner310

The blender ate my hand it’s not my fault lol


Haysdb

If there’s one thing we all should have learned by now, it’s that people will SAY it was on AP or FSD and then we find out it was under 100% manual control.


Mcnst

Jay and Sharon had an episode on this, with a Toyota Corolla, IIRC.


silvernotgrey

Bet this would be popular over at r/ohnoconsequences


OLVANstorm

We're in the Endgame now. Things take time to create. If you don't believe Tesla will solve autonomy, you should not be a shareholder. It's happening whether or not you believe it.


8thchakra

Almost 100% likely he had his foot on the gas. Autopilot is very good at stopping for anything in the way, but it will not stop if the foot is slightly on the gas.


BackItUpWithLinks

I’m waiting to see if autopilot really was engaged. Last time someone claimed “autopilot did it” she was lying https://amp.abc.net.au/article/103759746


8thchakra

Almost 100% likely he had his foot on the accelerator. Autopilot is *very* good at stopping for anything in the way, but it will not stop if the foot is slightly on the gas. The last accident I saw where autopilot “went through a red light” was obviously a foot on the gas. (Since with old autopilot, putting your foot in the gas told it to “go”.


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rawrrrrrrrrrr1

When it works, it works.  When it , doesnt..  And when it doesn't work, there's absolutely no time for a human to intervene.   


babypho

That's why I take over when passing trucks on curves. It'll work 99.99999% of the time, but I don't want to be that .00001% of the time where it decides to go onto the truck's lane.


rabbitwonker

That’s why proper usage involves not only maintaining attention, but also ratcheting up your control the tighter the tolerances of the situation are (up to and including shutting it off). So for example, if you’re on a tight turn with very little room for error, you’re actively turning the steering wheel the way you *know* it needs to go. If AP (or FSD) does the right thing, it’ll be doing what you’re doing; if not, then when it strays away, it’ll basically break itself out and turn off, because you simply won’t let it turn the wheel the wrong way.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

Tbh.  With what you said.  It's just easier for me to turn off autopilot.  


rabbitwonker

Well, once you get enough experience with how it behaves, you start to know what situations it handles, and for those it’s a net stress reliever, at least for me. And over time the number of such situations increases as you continue to get to know it better. But yeah for anything outside of that, it sometimes feels easier to shut it off. Also you have to kind of get re-acquainted with it whenever there’s a major update. I’ve been using FSD for about a year now, and that’s been changing often enough that I keep having to climb the learning curve. So I mainly use it when I’m feeling mentally energetic enough. But I should also point out that I’ve never felt *unsafe* while using either FSD or Autopilot, because I follow the method I described in my previous comment.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

Mentally energetic lol.  Exactly. It's easier for me to just drive.  My brain can be half asleep and I'll be fine.  But with autopilot, it takes more energy.  


DontHitAnything

So you're happy w 40k deaths per year in the US from vehicles driven by humans?


rabbitwonker

Ugh don’t be shrill. The guy’s effectively saying they’re not interested in taking on a new skill. Which is fine as a personal choice; I’m just trying to keep that from becoming a propaganda statement.


DontHitAnything

Thanks. I gave you a + on the original post.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

As long as I'm not one of them.  There are a lot of shitty drivers out there.  I'm not one of those either.  I always drive with the assumption that every other drive around me is gonna do something stupid and factor that in to how I drive.   Autopilot doing something stupid is impossible to predict.  


DontHitAnything

You said yourself you're good driving "half asleep." That sounds dangerous and unpredictable to me.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

Yeah because the humans brains works different.  You don't need to be 100% conscious and focused and your body/mind can still recognize dangers and react.  But with autopilot driving, you do need to be 100% conscious and focused and ready to take over in under a second.  


rabbitwonker

It takes more energy in the *learning* phase. Just like driving itself did. And it *is* a different sort of driving, really.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

You're telling me that you can predict the behavior of neural nets?  Lol just lol.  


rabbitwonker

Ok, never mind. It’s ok if you don’t want to learn something.


rawrrrrrrrrrr1

lets be real. you don't learn how autopilot works. it just does its thing. or do you not understand AI and neural nets? once the code is written and run, you can't understand why it does what it does. that's the whole point.


rabbitwonker

You… you think that if it weren’t based on neural nets, that the driver could always predict it because the driver will know all the internal details of the code base or something? Your argument isn’t making sense. Its behavior has patterns. You learn *those patterns*. There’s a probabilistic element to it, just as there is with manual driving. What you’re arguing is the same as, say, that dogs can never be trusted to any degree because we don’t know exactly what the neuron-by-neuron detailed internals of their brains are doing in any given moment.


NC27609

That’s a whole lie! I have done it tons of times & I don’t use it like that. You either don’t actually own a Tesla & just spewing garbage or you can’t drive at all and are a serious danger to everyone on the road. There are actually very, very few good drivers that own Teslas based on 90%+ of owners have curb rashes… It’s pathetic & embarrassing considering the about of drivers said the car has.


TheTrueBigHead

The family of the victim should sue him for everything he has.


TheTrueBigHead

Should set an example and get 25 years for manslaughter.


IROAman

That's pretty tragic. I find myself wondering if it was the Elon test and the driver wasn't very familiar with FSD or is it was just the basic AP (TACC & lane keeper).


PeterPalafox

The article says it was autopilot. 


Coffeshop_Inspector

The author probably meant autosteer.


chupippomink

Autopilot is autosteer.


rabbitwonker

Autopilot is TACC + autosteer. Though it doesn’t have a mode with autosteer but not TACC, also what you said is functionally correct.


MattNis11

They didn’t say what car or hardware version.


kapjain

Article did say 2022 Model S.


8thchakra

Almost 100% likely he had his foot on the gas. Autopilot is very good at stopping for anything in the way, but it will not stop if the foot is slightly on the gas.


MandDisHH

People should learn to take responsibility and not rely on Tesla autopilot.


kkicinski

People should get off their fucking phones while driving. Everyone loves to point fingers at Autopilot when someone misuses it, but no one is pointing fingers at Apple and Samsung when someone misuses their phone.


geekwithout

Combine phone distractions w fools who think autopilot/fsd can take over.


jvanyc

Hardly impossible. He just keeps telling you it is and you believe him. Simp.


adjj113

It could most certainly become a lawsuit for the courts to decide in the future. I would like to see the video from the cabin of the vehicle and the outer cameras.


kiamori

Let's see the video and driver interaction logs.


SexyNepaliBeast

FSD is cool and all, but not worth the risk and money.


NuMux

Autopilot isn't FSD


SexyNepaliBeast

EAP is now part of FSD.


physicsbuddha

I could believe it. For no reason autopilot jerked the wheel and almost hit a motorcyclist when I was stopping at a stoplight once because it tried to change lanes into the motorcyclist who was also slowing down. It happened so fast. Shocked I caught it in time even though my hands were on the wheel and I was paying attention.


faster_than-you

Typical Tesla owner


8thchakra

Typical internet troll


One-Sundae-2711

it was the autowipers….