More info:
A Tesla driver with a blood alcohol level nearly double the legal limit claimed his electric vehicle was in self-driving mode when it slammed into the back of a parked firetruck in California.
The car was driving, the man told the highway patrol Monday morning. The driver explained that his Tesla electric vehicle “had been set on autopilot,” allowing him to sit in a drunken stupor while the car transported him to his destination.
The excuse didn’t work. He was ultimately arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the California Highway Patrol. Local officials did not identify the man, but they say it is never permitted to be drunk behind the wheel.
“... but they say it is never permitted to be drunk behind the wheel.”
I was reading where some autonomous car design that is going to be built (is being built?) has no wheel or control pedals. “But occiferrr - there is no wheel!” (Seriously though - it would be like getting on a bus - without the risk of a public intoxication arrest.)