Tesla won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory as it faces several other lawsuits.

Tesla wins first U.S. Autopilot trial involving fatal crash::Tesla won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory as it faces several other lawsuits.

    • @meco03211@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34•1 year ago

      One source says his BAC was 0.05%. California’s legal limit is 0.08%. That doesn’t exclude it from being a factor, just pointing out the guy wasn’t blitzed out of his mind or anything.

      The part about being unclear if AP was engaged is quite suspect though, given they have been able to definitively say in other crashes whether it was on or off and even if it had been disengaged moments prior to the accident.

    • FubarberryEnglish
      11•1 year ago

      Pure speculation, but I’m guessing the wreck + vehicle fire may have destroyed any computers/logs.

      Assuming that there’s an actual valid reason that it’s unclear whether the vehicle was in autopilot or not.

      • @joemo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I would hope that for a new piece of technology (EVs are still new imo) that they would find a robust way to keep track of any logs. If you make a car and the second it is in an accident all the logs disappear, then what’s the point? I’d consider that negligence.