[HN Gopher] Judge Rules Tesla Knew of Autopilot Dangers Before F...
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       Judge Rules Tesla Knew of Autopilot Dangers Before Fatal Crash, but
       Did Nothing
        
       Author : dkjaudyeqooe
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2023-11-23 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.thedrive.com)
        
       | dkjaudyeqooe wrote:
       | From the article:
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       | The suit stems from a crash that occurred in 2019 outside Miami,
       | Florida. Stephen Banner was driving his Tesla Model 3 with
       | Autopilot active when a semi truck pulled out across the road.
       | Banner's Tesla, set to travel at 69 mph, detected neither
       | Banner's hands on its steering wheel nor the presence of the
       | stationary trailer in its path, according to The Washington Post.
       | The car traveled under the trailer, ripping off its roof and
       | killing Banner.
       | 
       | Banner's wife filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Palm Beach
       | County, which Judge Reid Scott ruled last week could proceed to
       | trial. Judge Scott reportedly cited a video published by Tesla in
       | 2016 wherein the company claimed "the car is driving itself," but
       | didn't give "any indication that the video is aspirational or
       | that this technology doesn't currently exist in the market."
       | Tesla employees later revealed the demonstration was staged.
        
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