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Old 07-17-2016, 01:51 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
No driver can shed responsibility to any control system in any kind of car.
Unfortunately, they can and do - as they did in both these instances - shed their actual responsibility. As I said, I am not a lawyer, so I don't know how the legal responsibility issue might play out in the courtroom, but historical evidence (McDonald's hot coffee, for instance?) is not encouraging for Tesla.

Moreover, shedding driver control & responsibility is exactly what Musk and other developers of self-driving car systems have been hyping all along. Would a jury fault a Tesla buyer for believing the hype rather than what's in the manual?
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