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US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash

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410 points jjulius | 3 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alexjplant ◴[19 Oct 24 17:05 UTC] No.41888998[source]▶
> The collision happened because the sun was in the Tesla driver's eyes, so the Tesla driver was not charged, said Raul Garcia, public information officer for the department.

Am I missing something or is this the gross miscarriage of justice that it sounds like? The driver could afford a $40k vehicle but not $20 polarized shades from Amazon? Negligence is negligence.

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1. theossuary ◴[19 Oct 24 17:10 UTC] No.41889026[source]▶
You know what they say, if you want to kill someone in the US, do it in a car.
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2. littlestymaar ◴[19 Oct 24 17:15 UTC] No.41889060[source]▶
Crash Course: If You Want to Get Away With Murder Buy a Car Woodrow Phoenix
3. immibis ◴[19 Oct 24 19:44 UTC] No.41890196[source]▶
In the US it seems you'd do it with a gun, but in Germany it's cars.

There was this elderly driver who mowed down a family in a bike lane waiting to cross the road in Berlin, driving over the barriers between the bike lane and the car lane because the cars in the car lane were too slow. Released without conviction - it was an unforeseeable accident.