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Tesla sued over Tokyo biker's death in 'dozing driver' Autopilot crash

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I Think it is a bit more interesting than that.

Tesla's 'autopilot' is probably quite a reasonable driver. Possibly average.

The thing is that it is not perfect.

So, when it goes wrong and something bad happens, who is at fault?

The answer on the face of it is pretty clear - the _human_ driver.

Where it gets interesting is when the victims of the collision claim that the accident happened because the car is 'defective' and but for the defective Autopilot, that man would be alive.

Tesla's lawyers have a narrow path to follow. They need to show that

- the software did not fail to stop

and

- the _human_ driver was in control

Popcorn...

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