In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving

In a delightful change of pace, the Nazis are putting themselves in the oven.

I have absolutely no problem with self-driving vehicles and I'm fully prepared to accept that it is a possibility in the near future. However I am also utterly confident that it won't be Tesla that finally cracks it, and I am sure that they will still call it "full self driving" even in a future where we have actual full self driving.

The law really needs to be laid down on this stuff, unless it can actually drive itself without a human even in the vehicle, and do so reliably, then they're not allowed to call it anything that implies that capability.

The all caps get me every time. Just take your damn upvote.

ICE! ICE! LOOK AT THIS GUY! HE'S CLEARLY ANTI-AMERICAN AND UN-PATRIOTIC!

the clock is ticking before comments like this actually become serious.

Yes, but you'll be on the roads with them.

will no longer have to report as much detailed, public crash information to the federal government

I feel like this is more incentive not to purchase one, than to purchase one

I don’t wanna get hit by one of these waiting for the bus.

Dot: This poop? 94 days.

and thus america became that much more like russia

give it a few months, and you won't be allowed to sue tesla any more. i'm fucking serious.

Your going to need a body cam. The car isn't too bad with others cars, it's people and bikes and motorcycles it has real problems with.

Got a recommendation? I'm in

In a Musk-approved world:

• You're hit by a Tesla in FSD mode, the driver gets sued for not driving.
• You're hit by a fully autonomous Tesla taxi, you get sued for vandalism.
• You're the driver and FSD hit someone, you get sued.
• You're the owner and the car hits someone while you're not in it, you get sued for owning it.
• You're the owner and it catches fire with you inside, you(r estate) gets sued for "not maintaining it".

Serious answer: the owner of the vehicle is responsible for it. You sue the owner, their insurance, possibly your insurance, possibly tesla, possibly nobody. The best result is to walk away avoiding court with more money.

the neat thing about oligarchs is the betting odds that they'll keep their heads

So you're saying that a corrupt man in power uses that power to benefit himself at the expense of the public, but it's not corruption, because additional parties also happen to benefit?

i must be misunderstanding

I'm sure that they're just as shitty and more concerned with profits than safety, just like Tesla. When you don't punish companies and ceo's like you would a homeless person, or teacher, or doctor, or police officer, or fireman, then they have no incentive to do anything other than profit at the expense of society.