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Full title: Police in the San Francisco Bay Area took an unusual approach to stop a Tesla operating on Autopilot as a drunk driver slept behind the wheel
1 posted on 12/02/2018 12:27:47 AM PST by LibWhacker
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“Teslas equipped with Autopilot cannot drive themselves.”

...sounds like this one could.


2 posted on 12/02/2018 1:02:12 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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Florida man sues Tesla over autopilot feature, crash
3 posted on 12/02/2018 1:15:25 AM PST by Daaave ('He say you blade runner.')
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Well, he technically wasn’t driving if he was asleep.


4 posted on 12/02/2018 1:16:46 AM PST by GaryCrow
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Musta been Bobby drunk again

SAMCRO


6 posted on 12/02/2018 1:25:02 AM PST by wardaddy (I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
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To: LibWhacker

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.


7 posted on 12/02/2018 3:28:25 AM PST by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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There will be a lot of this when the government finally forces us all to drive “self-driving” cars, and I’ll be laughing.


10 posted on 12/02/2018 3:55:43 AM PST by I want the USA back (There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
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“...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...


13 posted on 12/02/2018 4:29:22 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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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...


20 posted on 12/02/2018 5:40:36 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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Harry Harrison predicted these cars in Homeworld (To the Stars, Vol. 1) in 1980. Readers are amused when Jan Kulozik is driving on auto-pilot and drinking too much. The car won’t let him take back control because of it’s auto-breathalyzer, then takes him on the scenic route home. Angry Jan is finally allowed control in his garage and crunches his bumper on the back wall to show the car who’s boss.


26 posted on 12/02/2018 8:03:25 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Sorry for being a stick in the mud, but I remain convinced there will never be a 100% self driving car. Too many variables and combinations of those variables.


30 posted on 12/02/2018 8:27:55 AM PST by upchuck (When hatred of culture becomes itself a part of culture, the life of the mind loses all meaning.)
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