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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Tesla calls it "Auto Pilot" and doesn't call it "Advanced Driver Assist". What the hell to do you expect people to do with it when it is call Auto Pilot"? The Tesla owners manual says when using Auto Pilot the driver needs to keep full attention to the road and keep his hands on the wheel and feet on the pedals ready to take back control of the car if the Auto Pilot fucks up. So if one has to pay attention and drive with the Tesla Auto Pilot on, what is the point of it?
It's human nature that once you subrogate an activity to someone else (in this case driving to Tesla's Auto Pilot), the human loses interest in the activity and stops paying attention. Tesla should be sued out of business for releasing this function in it's cars and testing it on open public roads. The Tesla engineers who develop this shit are always paying attention to the road because they are observing how their really cool Auto Pilot drives the car. Consumers stop paying attention when the car starts driving itself.
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I understand what you're saying, but if Tesla provides the driver with a clear description of how to use it, and the driver deviates from that process, why should they be held liable. With the statement in their manual, they release themselves from any liability.
For sure the naming convention misleads people and they associate auto pilot with airplanes being on auto pilot and they think planes are flying themselves, meanwhile one of the pilots is always on duty observing everything.