Tesla Autopilot Driver Charged w/Manslaughter

Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash-charg…

DETROIT (AP) — California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.

The defendant appears to be the first person to be charged with a felony in the United States for a fatal crash involving a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed the charges in October, but they came to light only last week.

Attention Tesla Drivers: You may be charged with Elon’s software woes.

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Attention Tesla Drivers: You may be charged with Elon’s software woes.

By this logic every car crash ever involves people being victimized by the hardware they’re using rather than their own bad driving.

I do expect to eventually see lawsuits from people blaming Tesla’s software with not saving them from their own incompetence / stupidity / impairment. But this is not that.

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