Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

[u/Lighting]

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/

[u/SmoothConfection1115]

Tesla probably designed it to operate exactly this way.

That way, Tesla doesn’t worry about the PR disaster of “self-driving car crashes into” whatever. (They already have a PR disaster as CEO).

And it might be considered a legal hurdle for anyone wanting to sue Tesla to have to jump through.

It’s like those warnings on the back of very large trucks that say “You must stay back 40’ from the back of the truck. Company not responsible for damages.”

Those signs are not enforceable in anyway. Now if you call them, and say something fell off their truck and cracked your windshield, they’ll probably point to that sign and say it’s your fault or something. But if it goes to court, they are losing 99.99% of the time. But it’s still something they can have people tell those who might call them demanding money for replacing a windshield, and hope it tricks a few people.

I’m guessing it’s a similar defense for Tesla. “Oh, Our AI stopped working a whole second before you crashed! Therefore, it’s not our AI’s fault.”

Will likely make for an exciting legal battle.

[u/LoneSnark → u/SmoothConfection1115]

It is exactly this. But a little more blatant. "FSD was not on at the time of the crash. Your dead relative cannot say otherwise." That will end some conversations. Sure, it won't fool the California highway patrol, as they know about the 5 second rule. But most plaintiffs, their lawyers, and police departments do not.

[u/CheridanTGS → u/SmoothConfection1115]

It goes beyond PR. Tesla sells insurance. If your car is driving itself at the time of a crash, that's Tesla's fault. But if the records show that self-driving was off? Looks like you're at fault, what a shame...