[HN Gopher] Five cops sue Tesla over "severe injuries" caused by...
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       Five cops sue Tesla over "severe injuries" caused by car on
       Autopilot
        
       Author : aw1621107
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-09-28 21:32 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | I think in hindsight "autopilot" was a terribly bad name.
       | 
       | "assisted driving" might be less sexy, (sorry S3XY) but would
       | have kept "driver in control" in the message.
       | 
       | I'm a long-term skeptic of the autonomous vehicle on current
       | roads. Special purpose highways, and future roads, could be
       | different. As things stand, with the current technology its too
       | much like trolley-philosophy-problem with live bodies.
        
         | RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
         | > As things stand, with the current technology its too much
         | like trolley-philosophy-problem with live bodies.
         | 
         | Yeah if the trolley problem is kill 1 person for a 10% chance
         | of saving 5 people in ten years.
         | 
         | I think the ethics are actually against Tesla, especially since
         | there are other alternatives to testing/developing self driving
         | such as simulation or closed courses, instead of releasing it
         | out into the wild with very irresponsible naming and marketing.
        
       | aw1621107 wrote:
       | Title isn't totally accurate, since the officers also sued a
       | restaurant owner whose restaurant allegedly served alcohol to the
       | driver of the Tesla, but it's what Ars had.
       | 
       | I'm curious to see where this goes. I'm not familiar enough with
       | the laws involved to offer an informed opinion on how plausible
       | this suit is, unfortunately.
        
         | mey wrote:
         | How is the title not accurate? That is the novel part of the
         | story.
        
           | aw1621107 wrote:
           | Perhaps "complete" is a better adjective; I just wanted to
           | mention that Tesla is not the only defendant, though as you
           | point out Tesla's involvement here is the novel bit.
           | 
           | Honestly not sure what the correct course is here. Including
           | the restaurant owner better represents the whole picture, but
           | isn't as focused.
        
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