Comment by JumpCrisscross

Comment by JumpCrisscross 2 days ago

> Surely if it's Tesla making the decisions, they need the insurance?

Why surely? Turning on cruise control doesn't absolve motorists of their insurance requirement.

And the premise is false. While Tesla does "not maintain as much insurance coverage as many other companies do," there are "policies that [they] do have" [1]. (What it insures is a separate question.)

[1] https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/0...

forgetfreeman 2 days ago

Cruise control is hardly relevant to a discussion of liability for autonomous vehicle operation.

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fragmede 2 days ago

In the context of ultramodern cruise control (eg comma.ai), which has a radar to track the distance to the car (if any) in front of you, and cameras so the car can wind left or right and track the freeway, I think it does.

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- sroussey 2 days ago
  
  Not unless they are marketing it as “autopilot” or some such that a random consumer would reasonably assume meant autopilot.
  And I’d include “AI driver” as an example.
  
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  olyjohn a day ago
  
  A random consumer doesn't actually understand what Autopilot means. Most people don't have pilot's licenses. And cars don't fly. Did you not see all the debacles around it when it first came out?
  
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