<story><title>Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash renews questions about system</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot/third-fatal-tesla-autopilot-crash-renews-questions-about-system-idUSKCN1SM1QE</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SOLAR_FIELDS</author><text>If Tesla backed down on the Autopilot branding and called the feature what it is, fancy cruise control (Cruise+ maybe?) they wouldn’t have to have a PR battle every time something like this happens. It’s way too late for that now though unfortunately.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sjwright</author><text>Imagine a driver driving down a parkway at speed and thinking &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m on a parkway, so I should shift the car into Park.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s how dumb this argument is.&lt;p&gt;If a driver ignores the requirements of their driver license AND the vehicle&amp;#x27;s clearly worded warnings, then the driver is entirely responsible. Claiming that the driver is not at fault because they interpreted the word &amp;quot;autopilot&amp;quot; to mean &amp;quot;I can disregard my responsibility as a driver and ignore the vehicle&amp;#x27;s very clear warnings&amp;quot; is deeply absurd.</text></comment>
<story><title>Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash renews questions about system</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot/third-fatal-tesla-autopilot-crash-renews-questions-about-system-idUSKCN1SM1QE</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>SOLAR_FIELDS</author><text>If Tesla backed down on the Autopilot branding and called the feature what it is, fancy cruise control (Cruise+ maybe?) they wouldn’t have to have a PR battle every time something like this happens. It’s way too late for that now though unfortunately.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vl</author><text>Traditional autopilot is a fancy cruise control for the airplane, so name is actually pretty apt.</text></comment>