The case is believed to be the first time that U.S. prosecutors have brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.

Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time::The case is believed to be the first time that U.S. prosecutors have brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.

  • XenGi@lemmy.chaos.berlinEnglish
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    11 months ago

    So if I want to kill someone and get away with it I just run them over with a Tesla? Nice…

  • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    Hey what a bargain! Usually hired killers cost a lot more than that. OR SO IM TOLD BY MY FRIENDS.

  • spudwart@spudwart.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Okay but these are parties who should pay or at least be investigated for fault as well:

    • Tesla, obviously (stop calling it autopilot. This is why idiots treat it like, ya know, autopilot.)
    • Traffic Engineers (probably out of tax payers pockets. Sorry, not sorry. Pay attention to your transport infrastructure as well as who you elect to maintain and design it. Why is it that the US has had such an increase in road fatalities and incidents when so many European nations have seen a decrease? Consider why that is and how that can be replicated here. Also, unfuck the average american’s mindset on roundabouts. I don’t know why so many of us hate roundabouts with a rabid anger, but at the same time will complain about red lights without a single ounce of irony.)
  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S.

    Wednesday’s court hearing wrapped up a case believed to be the first time in the U.S. prosecutors brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.

    The recall affects more than 2 million Tesla vehicles and will update software and fix a defective system that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.

    The Tesla driver in the Los Angeles case, Kevin Aziz Riad, pleaded no contest to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

    Authorities say Aziz Riad, a limousine service driver, was at the wheel of a Tesla Model S that was moving at 74 mph (119 kph) when it left a freeway and ran a red light on a local street in Gardena, California, on Dec. 29, 2019.

    The Tesla, which was using Autopilot at the time, struck a Honda Civic at an intersection, and the car’s occupants, Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, died at the scene.

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