Comparing this to a drunk driver is not relevant, as driving drunk is already illegal, whereas autopilot is not.
> We can discuss if they should try to improve how they handle people that remove their hands from the wheel, but that doesn't change the fact that ultimately the choice to be careless was made by the driver, not the car manufacturer.
Yes, the driver is to blame for that, just as tesla is to blame for allowing that to happen in the first place. They have sensors to detect whether the driver has his hands on the wheel, and yet they allow the vehicle to keep going for minutes in a situation it can't control.
> We can discuss if they should try to improve how they handle people that remove their hands from the wheel, but that doesn't change the fact that ultimately the choice to be careless was made by the driver, not the car manufacturer.
Yes, the driver is to blame for that, just as tesla is to blame for allowing that to happen in the first place. They have sensors to detect whether the driver has his hands on the wheel, and yet they allow the vehicle to keep going for minutes in a situation it can't control.
There's plenty of blame to go around.