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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S.

Wednesday’s court hearing wrapped up a case believed to be the first time in the U.S. prosecutors brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.

The recall affects more than 2 million Tesla vehicles and will update software and fix a defective system that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.

The Tesla driver in the Los Angeles case, Kevin Aziz Riad, pleaded no contest to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

Authorities say Aziz Riad, a limousine service driver, was at the wheel of a Tesla Model S that was moving at 74 mph (119 kph) when it left a freeway and ran a red light on a local street in Gardena, California, on Dec. 29, 2019.

The Tesla, which was using Autopilot at the time, struck a Honda Civic at an intersection, and the car’s occupants, Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, died at the scene.


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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Wait, I'm confused, I thought this was Tesla's fault?

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Why so low penalties? Were the victims black or brown?

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

oh, it is another crash...

~~the driver was really a victim of the tesla/uber experiment. first - someone in tesla or uber decided to turn off the emergency brake assistent because it was giving out what they considered too many false positive alarms. the car at the moment of the accident knew about the pedestrian and tracked him, but the emergency brake which should have engaged was turned off. and then the driver was thrown under the bus by uber.~~

~~it is really hard to pay attention as a driver when there is really nothing to pay attention to. hard to blame the driver.~~

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you think higher penalties would make people less prone for accidents?

[–] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

When the accident is caused by a blatant lack of paying attention, I believe it would. Not paying attention, causing death of someone? 2 years in jail. You're responsible of what you do.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do you consider an appropriate fine for someone who's using a product in the manner approved by laws and the manufacturer when the product malfunctions and kills someone?

[–] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

They're not using the product in the manner approved by the manufacturer at all. Driver is 100% responsible in this case and 23k is an absolute insult to the victims and the judicial system.

We are missing some info regarding why the penalty was so low, though. With the details from the article, the sentence doesn't make any sense.

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[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net -1 points 9 months ago

Oh come on, only two people?

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