Riding in a Tesla with autopilot turned on is like driving with a new teenage driver: you’re terrified at any minute it’s going to do something crazy like steer you into a concrete wall.
There are certain situations that you can quickly get into via steering inputs to the car that cannot be recovered, so the point of even keeping your hands on the steering wheel as an argument for legal liability is moot: before you even realize what’s happening to take over and apply corrective action it will often times simply be too late.
Additionally, most people, save for professional drivers, do not have enough experience to know what corrective steering inputs to perform during an emergency situation. In many cases, any corrective action via steering, brake or acceleration control input from the human driver will be incorrect and thus lead to an unpredictable and dangerous situation.
By this logic, Tesla needs to be held accountable for any accidents where they argue human intervention would help.
There are certain situations that you can quickly get into via steering inputs to the car that cannot be recovered, so the point of even keeping your hands on the steering wheel as an argument for legal liability is moot: before you even realize what’s happening to take over and apply corrective action it will often times simply be too late.
Additionally, most people, save for professional drivers, do not have enough experience to know what corrective steering inputs to perform during an emergency situation. In many cases, any corrective action via steering, brake or acceleration control input from the human driver will be incorrect and thus lead to an unpredictable and dangerous situation.
By this logic, Tesla needs to be held accountable for any accidents where they argue human intervention would help.