Who Is At Fault When Your Self Driving Car Crashes?

Who Is At Fault When Your Self Driving Car Crashes?

Tesla regularly implores drivers that use the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system to pay attention to the road and keep their hands on the steering wheel at al times. But a new report on a fatal March crash involving a Tesla Model X says the driver only had his hands on the wheel for 34 of the final 60 seconds before the collision, and, in that time, he received no visual or audio warnings to put his hands back on the wheel.

It illustrates the disconnect in Tesla’s deployment of Autopilot: Drivers are told to pay attention, while simultaneously encouraged to be inattentive, without any sort of prompt appearing for a lengthy period of time.


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SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/8/2018 3:16:50 PM
-8 Boost
Level 3 = you are for not paying attention
Level 4/5 = car manufacturer


TomMTomM - 6/9/2018 7:54:40 PM
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Sorry - San Jose Driver - but while those are what TESLA says - what will determine who is at fault will be the LAWS regarding who is in charge of the vehicle operation at the time of the crash. TODAY - no state allows full autonomy - all that allow it still require a DRIVER to be available to take over in cases of problems unanticipated by the software - among other things.So - in fact - the laws make the DRIVER at fault

The courts will have to determine other possibilities down the road - however - do you really think that ANY major manufacturer of cars is going to leave themselves open for THousands of suits without some type of Dislcaimer.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/8/2018 4:02:25 PM
+12 Boost
Courts WILL assign shared liability. Yes, manufacturer has the responsibility for the software/product, but the driver still has the responsibility for operating the car.


zliveszlives - 6/8/2018 5:20:40 PM
-6 Boost
Who Is At Fault When Your gun causes death?


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/8/2018 5:56:50 PM
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To preemptively quote TheSteve, and/or Carlosasshatter, and/or TomM: "It's the gun's fault."


zliveszlives - 6/11/2018 2:50:11 PM
+1 Boost
niether do teslas without human lapse


LexSucksLexSucks - 6/8/2018 5:51:15 PM
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Obama


ricks0mericks0me - 6/8/2018 6:09:46 PM
+2 Boost
MD: LMAO


TheSteveTheSteve - 6/8/2018 10:41:09 PM
-5 Boost
I don't believe that reliable and safe self-driving cars are reality today, so I would not find myself in such predicaments.

Isn't it cool that how a person thinks plays a huge role in how they experience life? Well... it's cool for some. For others, it's a curse, and they're likely to blame anyone, or anything, rather than be accountable for their thoughts, decisions, and actions.


qwertyfla1qwertyfla1 - 6/8/2018 11:15:32 PM
+8 Boost
— TheSteve

"For others, it's a curse, and they're likely to blame anyone, or anything, rather than be accountable for their thoughts, decisions, and actions."

Spoken like the true Libtard POS that you are our "clean diesel/BOSCHmeister" Q5 driving morally superioristic "sermonator" (new name/less dickish) AutoSpies resident trollsterd friendemy.


GeorgeDGeorgeD - 6/8/2018 11:15:21 PM
+14 Boost
Looks like Tesla customers should be given a driver's license test before purchase. All the years of automotive history, its never been ok to take your hands off the wheel.


carloslassitercarloslassiter - 6/9/2018 1:16:48 PM
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To preemptively quote TheSteve, and/or Carlosasshatter, and/or TomM: "It's the gun's fault."
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Actually I blame the operator, you're the one in here blaming the gun. It's like you're too dumb to realize what all these words you're typing actually mean.


TomMTomM - 6/9/2018 8:03:51 PM
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Sorry - Carloslassiter - But what is clear is that YOU have not read any of my prior posts on this subject - I have clearly said that currently no state allows total autonomous operation - they all require a DRIVER to be able to take over in case of emergency or when the software fails - which actually leaves the responsibility to the "DRIVER".

This is not the same issue as the GUN issue.

People like you like to say - Guns don't kill people- people kill people - BUT there is ONE more sentence that is missing - PEOPLE WITH GUNS Kill people. DID you know that there are almost NO gun murders among people who do not have guns! (Tongue in cheek)

I have had guns from childhood - but I still maintain that no private person needs the firepower of these assault weapons - I am still waiting for a person to come up with a reason why a private person would need it. And - SInce I have had guns - I also know that not everyone knows how to properly fire one - and I also know that there are nuts out there who should not be allowed to actually buy one.

I believe that there should be a license procedure where you must show ability to control a weapon like a gun - and I believe ALL guns should be numbered and registered. AND I believe that anyone who uses a gun in a crime should face mandatory Death sentence by Firing squad.


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/11/2018 1:41:18 PM
+1 Boost
I agree, if you look at Australia or France the difference in gun violence is shocking.


carloslassitercarloslassiter - 6/9/2018 9:00:00 PM
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Tom, can you summarize that for me? I'm not reading 11 paragraphs in a chatroom I visit as a lark.


PUGPROUDPUGPROUD - 6/10/2018 10:55:58 AM
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Politicians who have received donations from insurance companies will decide...


aedwardsaedwards - 6/17/2018 12:41:34 PM
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Well, simply to say, I think it's definitely the automakers' fault. I have just read an article at https://www.lemberglaw.com/self-driving-autonomous-car-accident-injury-lawyers-attorneys/ about this matter. Hope it will help anyone who are currently searching for information about driver-less cars, especially the legal side of them.
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