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Automakers and tech developers testing and deploying self-driving and advanced driver assistance features will no longer have to report as much detailed, public crash information to the federal government, according to a new framework released today by the US Department of Transportation.

https://archive.ph/wWwjG

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

It'll only benefit Tesla if anyone buys their shoddy cars.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It won't help Tesla one wit. They are going to collapse.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 128 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This would be REALLY Corrupt if Elon Musk had donated a QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS TO TRUMP and then was Given a Government Oversight Position! FORTUNATELY Fox News told me that DIDNT happen!

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ICE! ICE! LOOK AT THIS GUY! HE'S CLEARLY ANTI-AMERICAN AND UN-PATRIOTIC!

the clock is ticking before comments like this actually become serious.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 day ago

Hammer time

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

The all caps get me every time. Just take your damn upvote.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 days ago
[–] LarryLurkman@lemm.ee 107 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm still not buying one of those jalopy ass shits.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes, but you'll be on the roads with them.

[–] LarryLurkman@lemm.ee 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup, and that sleazy ass pig Donald Trump is making the roads more dangerous. I'm sick of his fucking shit.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

He does look like an ass pig.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We hide from the robots during the rain and snow, because they can't see where they have to go

[–] grainOfSalt@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I didn't even think about that. My adaptive cruise doesn't even work in the snow because the sensor gets covered up. And I'm pretty sure that's better tech than what Tesla uses.

[–] L3s@hackingne.ws 16 points 3 days ago

will no longer have to report as much detailed, public crash information to the federal government

I feel like this is more incentive not to purchase one, than to purchase one

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don’t wanna get hit by one of these waiting for the bus.

[–] Boeman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Why would a self driving car be waiting for a bus?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Well that's OK. There's too many massive emotional support vehicles on the road already.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

In a delightful change of pace, the Nazis are putting themselves in the oven.

[–] drperil@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

Shocking…

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Owning a tesler is embarrassing. Even in my deep red trump loving state, most people would never buy one.

[–] grainOfSalt@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Roadrunner cartoon style murals everywhere it is, then.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 10 hours ago

I have absolutely no problem with self-driving vehicles and I'm fully prepared to accept that it is a possibility in the near future. However I am also utterly confident that it won't be Tesla that finally cracks it, and I am sure that they will still call it "full self driving" even in a future where we have actual full self driving.

The law really needs to be laid down on this stuff, unless it can actually drive itself without a human even in the vehicle, and do so reliably, then they're not allowed to call it anything that implies that capability.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 21 points 2 days ago

Great news for them in one country I guess!

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

All I can say is invest in 4k vehicle cameras. Get one facing one and one facing the rear. CYA for when these self-driving Teslas start crashing into everything.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

and thus america became that much more like russia

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 5 points 2 days ago

At least we got some wild videos out of that I guess? Peak internet days.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

give it a few months, and you won't be allowed to sue tesla any more. i'm fucking serious.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Your going to need a body cam. The car isn't too bad with others cars, it's people and bikes and motorcycles it has real problems with.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I think the problem was they probably trained the AI on Americans driving normally i.e badly, Americans have zero lane discipline, every video I've ever seen of Americans driving is like an instructional video on how not to do it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Got a recommendation? I'm in

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 2 days ago

I have a Rove camera I got a few years ago. I want to get a second one for the back (I guess they sell a dual kit now).

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Serious question: If I get hit by one of these death machines, who can I (or my next-of-kin) sue? Has that been established in court?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a Musk-approved world:

  • You're hit by a Tesla in FSD mode, the driver gets sued for not driving.
  • You're hit by a fully autonomous Tesla taxi, you get sued for vandalism.
  • You're the driver and FSD hit someone, you get sued.
  • You're the owner and the car hits someone while you're not in it, you get sued for owning it.
  • You're the owner and it catches fire with you inside, you(r estate) gets sued for "not maintaining it".
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In all cases, the warranty on the Tesla in question is immediately voided. And the odometer starts running 15% faster with every major incident.

Serious answer: the owner of the vehicle is responsible for it. You sue the owner, their insurance, possibly your insurance, possibly tesla, possibly nobody. The best result is to walk away avoiding court with more money.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Dot: This poop? 94 days.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Wow such boon

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well that's convenient for the author maker / oligarch / unelected government squatter running the country. I guess every once in awhile things just turn up his way.

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The boon here isn't that it'll allow them to bring a shoddy product to market. The boon is they'll be able to continue milking investors by hiding the fact that they have no marketable product in this space while they keep selling off their stock.

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