Posted on 12/02/2018 12:27:47 AM PST by LibWhacker
“Teslas equipped with Autopilot cannot drive themselves.”
...sounds like this one could.
Well, he technically wasn’t driving if he was asleep.
It does open up some new lines of defense to try for DUI lawyers, doesnt it?
Musta been Bobby drunk again
SAMCRO
Interesting, this should be followed up on the trial outcome to see if Tesla jumps in on this . Because when arrested and if he was not in the drivers seat that prosecution cannot claim he was operating that vehicle.
Lots of cars have lane sensing abilities - the smart ones will detect if nobody is “helping” and sound an alert.....
In this state you can be passed out drunk in the back seat of your car, parked in a private parking lot, with the keys out, and be convicted of DWI.
There will be a lot of this when the government finally forces us all to drive “self-driving” cars, and I’ll be laughing.
From the first sentence of the excerpt:
“...while sleeping behind the wheel of his Tesla Model S.”
After working a tough night shift, you are very tired and are struggling to stay awake. You get into your (non-self-driving) car, start it, put a brick on the gas pedal, put in drive, hop into the passenger seat, and hope that the car gets you home. You immediately fall asleep. The car blindly speeds off, hoping to find its garage. Instead, it smashes into a crowd of kids in a school playground, killing a baker's dozen of them. The brick is jarred off the gas, bounces around, and ends up under the driver's seat. Not guilty.
“...drove the intoxicated man’s Tesla off the freeway and parked it at a nearby gas station.”
Awfully nice of them.
They usually impound a vehicle as a result of a DUI...
Within ten years, you will be able to buy a car that drives on its own. So you get up one day, and the kids missed the bus....you load them into the car, and program the car to drive them to school, and return home...without an adult or licensed driver in the car. How will the authorities handle this scenario?
And when yer late with taxes "We'll shut down your car". Etc., etc.
It will be the next hammer in their control tool box. Any perceived slight t'wards state control will result in loss of "vehicular privilege".
I know, seems a bit "tin foil". But something so easily controlled remotely just gives me the creeps. d:^)
Is the trunk still OK? Which state, btw?
Nope, VT
Hopefully, their body cams were on.
Many states have that codicil...The state (or in my town - a college town) the police consider your driveway a city street...so installing a new stereo while having a beer can be a DUI offense.
Actually the cops use it to pick on certain past subjects of police enforcement.
Nevertheless I have two driveways; the one on ‘street A’ is 90’ long and goes to my front door and is marked with my street address. Driveway #2 is on ‘street B,’ is 600’ long and is clearly marked: Private driveway, no trespassing, please bring all deliveries to ‘street A’ - Our attorney said it would be a good idea. We are outside of the city so we have Sheriff enforcement and they’re good folk.
I do work on my truck on a sunny summer day while having a few beers , but driveway #2 is sheltered by a layer of attorney approved legalese...
Should Telsa be arrested for Drunk Driving? The person was not driving. He might get off, because there is no law for self driving cars...
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