[SystemSafety] What Tesla says about its autopilot

[Olwen Morgan]

On 04/12/2018 06:17, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:

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> As the article notes, it is not the first time that someone too 
> inebriated to drive legally has climbed into his Tesla and turned on 
> the autopilot.

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It occurred to me that UK law already has this covered. The offence is 
not *driving* while drunk but *being in charge of a vehicle* while 
drunk. I'd expect anyone trying this in the UK to get an immediate 
driving ban if not a custodial sentence. AI looks sure to create some 
interesting case law. I'd be quite happy to see a few "hanging judges" 
hear cases like this one.

Olwen