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Comment Re:good thing (Score 1) 213

Agreed. It would be nice if police had access to a "clicker" where they can point and instruct the car to safely pull over and unlock the driver's door. Because for a simple situation like this, there is no need for four police cars - simply stop the car and directly handle whatever situation is going on with the driver.
I would love to see every dangerous driving incident end this way.

Comment Re:People with their cell phones is a bigger issue (Score 1) 213

Agree, this illegal, unsactioned testing of Autopilot is actually really good for technology and for safety. They would never get away with permission to just actively test such a dangerous feature, but by people just being typical fallible humans who make mistakes, we can leave the drunk or exhausted drivers liable while continuing to build justified trust in the technology.
Imagine this continues, to the point where a Tesla operated by a comatose drunk person is actually safer than a typical car. Except for the interventions, they very well may already be so.
Does anybody know, what is the default behavior by the car? Why don't they slow and park by the roadside if the driver doesn't respond? Or are the cars programmed to drive home in this situation?

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