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Originally Posted by stealthn View Post
Tesla with auto driving should not be allowed on any roads. Imagine if that car would have swerved into the oncoming truck.
In an area with lots of traffic traveling at 70-80...

It would have made a mess.

I rode in a Tesla when I was in Plano for work. After work one day, I rode with one of the other guys to the restaurant that we were all going to. He uses the self driving thing all of the time including after he's been drinking (seems insane, but whatever). He loves it and it clearly hasn't bit him in the aß yet. It seems like one of those things where the "accidents per mile" ratio is probably very low, but the potential risk is pretty big but most folks ignore the risk part.

It's definitely not my bag. I'm sure that there are times that I've been distracted where something self driving would have been safer because they don't get distracted. But for now, I'll take my chances on myself.
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