Complex issues will surface in the courtroom like #HumanFactors, mode confusion and #AutomatedDriving system internals that, frankly, judges and juries are going to be strained to understand and appreciate.
But the #NHTSA, in its infinite wisdom, is just tickled pink to have private litigation deal with #Tesla’s vast #Autopilot wrongdoings because the agency can continue to do nothing, which they do well.
The other issue here is that the public has been browbeaten for decades by the NHTSA into a flimsy belief system that humans are “terrible drivers” and now, having lost complete control over roadway safety, are absurdly reaching for vehicle automation to save the day.
Human drivers and the public are also under the highly-mistaken belief that, just because they are positioned right in front of the steering wheel, they are in total control of all downtown safety outcomes - even if the vehicle has defects.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
But that seems to be true to many.
Powerful psychological forces and conditioning to overcome - and most are inherently ill-equipped for it.
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