Comment by veqz
11 hours ago
Yes, I hear lots of people saying Tesla's "FSD" product can drive by itself already.
Yet if the car crashes while in FSD mode, it is still you who are legally the driver and you who will be responsible. You are the driver, regardless of what the name of the car's software is.
This can be contrasted with e.g. Mercedes' offering, which is actually self-driving, and where Mercedes is responsible if the car crashes (The limitation in that case, of course, is the very limited roads and conditions where that software will actually be enabled.).
So, yes: Until Tesla (or someone else) actually takes responsibility while the car drives itself, and the "driver" is legally just a passenger, it is not a fully self-driving car. If you ever take your attention away from the road while using FSD you are breaking the law, which says that as the driver, you must always pay attention.
> Until Tesla (or someone else) actually takes responsibility while the car drives itself
Were you aware they're already doing exactly this in Austin and Dallas?
They've also had multiple crashes in very few miles driven.
Yeah, there's ~40 of them in Dallas, and they're highly geofenced.
Seems pretty small for a platform they're so confident about.