WHY isn't "self-wrecking" technology being REGULATED ??


(Yeah, I know, investors think it's going to make them shitloads of $$$$$ so they're greasing palms everywhere/whose they can.)

The accident was in 2019. After 6 years of development the software is now being used in Robotaxi tests on city streets.

Tesla is starting to offer its robotaxis in San Francisco, but it’s being required to have a Tesla employee in the driver’s seat since the self-driving technology isn’t adequate yet. Waymo has been operating in SF with a more advanced system for about a year. I saw two empty Waymo cars driving themselves in my town last week - a bit spioky to see them waiting at traffic lights

Whenever a new system is released in a new area, this is done to catch any unexpected problems that might come up. This is the same thing Waymo did when they first put their cars out on the street.
Once the monitors stop having issues they will be removed.

per local news, but the regulators won't let them. They're not reliable yet. Waymo's down the street from me, just over the city line - I've seen them testing on local roads for several years. Waymo's aren't as cool looking as Teslas, what with all that LIDR stuck on them, but so far they haven't been responsible for any accident (one did get rear-ended in SF earlier this year while stopped for a light - by a Tesla going over 100 mph).

IMHO, the Tesla taxis are another of Elon's Grand Ideas - sounds neat in concept, but half-assed in implementation.

let the floodgates open

I eer heard of Musk, Gross liability,

They appeal the decision and the amount. Then, a Trump Judge cuts a multi-million-dollar award to just a few million. They go on with whatever bad behavior got them sued in the first place