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[โ€“] noxy@yiffit.net 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You shouldn't be happy about that, if for no reason other than other drivers (and pedestrians, cyclists, etc) are put at risk of these systems' limitations, and folks relying on them more than they ought to.

[โ€“] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That's up to regulators: even brand new "innovative" electronics devices that plug to mains power still have to obbey regulations to protect people from electrocution, so similarly self-driving vehicles should have to obbey regulations to protect people from being killed by them.

If they don't have to obbey such regulations or the regulations are insufficient, the blame is on the Regulators, which generally means the blame is on Politicians.

It's not up to buyers, early adopters or otherwise, to have the technical expertise to determine if something they're buying is dangerous (often not even experts can tell without actual disassembly and lab testing).