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Originally Posted by Fingie
Well, the responsibility is still on the driver.
Heard a legend once that someone driving a camper van turned the cruise on at a straight road and took a piss in the toilet- the car veered to the right and scraped the railng for half a mile or so.
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You are European, right? (Donīt worry, me too. So I am as confused as you)
But it poses interesting question and I hope someone can clarify it to us (confused europeans):
From european-law point of view:
- was the driver warned that so called "autopilot" feature is driver assist only?
- was the driver paying constant and full attention to traffic?
- did the driver damage more property or claimed someone elses life so we can claim reward on his insurance company?
Case closed.
So please explain why is someone investigating Tesla???
IMHO their worst fault was to market it as "autopilot" instead of "smart drive-assist" and not to inform their stockholders about the incident (but why they should in the first place??)
--and, although slightly off topic, but three other questions:
there are some urban legends or jokes about American law system, so I would like to know:
- do you have warning in your microwave ovens that you are not supposed to let animals dry inside? (based on urban legend)
- is it true that it is explicitly stated that one cannot leave to pee while driving his mobile home? (that is one of the urban legends Fingie wrote in earlier post)
- how about match boxes. Do they have label "Open the other side up"?
-- I donīt want to sneer at you, I am really curious.