TheGrimSweeper
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I firmly believe that a person intentionally bypassing a safety system becomes responsible for the outcome. You could argue that it might be an issue of a deficient safety system if it was easily bypassed by a child to an extent more than any other automobile.
That said, I'm really not a fan of Tesla's driver detection system as it currently stands. If I had to choose between detecting hands on the wheel or monitoring the driver's eyes, I would choose eyes every time. Not having your hands on the wheel may increase your reaction time, but you simply can't react to a situation you don't see coming. The other problem is that holding the wheel in a manner to best satisfy the torque sensor also decreases reaction time, a 3 and 9 grip will result in a lot more prompts than resting one hand at the bottom of the wheel.
They have cameras in all the cars now, so something they could easily do.
But it doesn't matter - people will always find a way around it. Anyway bypassing the safety system is 100% at fault and will be until the day humans no longer need to input anything into cars to drive them.