Nah, it just destroys the Mercedes. It gets sucked into a wormhole created by it's own TV screen, leaving nothing but a trail of small turquoise sparks on the road. Happens quite a bit - every time this Ad comes on, actually.
SAE level 3 allows that, but when the car tells the driver to take over, the driver must take over.
What happens in the future will need to be addressed when the future becomes a reality. Until then, the person sitting behind the wheel is responsible for the vehicle's operation.
Tesla's "current" plan is for them to produce and likely own and operate the robotaxi fleet. In all likelihood our current cars will NEVER reach L4 so not a concern. So the real issue is if Tesla offers L3 (I believe L2/FSDS, just improving, is likely it). Tesla seems to say your current insurance should cover your car. However this is yet to be decided upon by the insurance industry since they want a driver to be responsible.
Not when it’s SAE Level 3 in autonomous mode. Legally it would be no different than being on your phone while riding in a Waymo.
I wouldn’t risk my life by trusting Mercedes’ level 3 system yet. And when I encountered an empty Waymo briefly stopped outside the entrance of my Chandler, AZ grocery store a couple weeks ago, I gave it a wide berth when walking around it
Irrational bias. But you are willing to risk your life trusting driving next to a DUI driver that you don't know about. In the US almost 40 people EVERY DAY or almost 14,000 people every year or about 1 person every ½ hour are killed by DUI drivers. So far Mercedes has killed, or even injured 0 people.
Mercedes hasn’t driven anywhere near enough miles to prove safety so it’s not irrational to be skeptical. Fatality rate is about 1 per 100 million miles (and likely FAR less in the conditions that Mercedes drive pilot can operate in). For example what if every billion miles it drives straight into a steel I beam extending off the back of a truck?
Do you "risk your life" and use FSD on Interstates? They why would you not use the Mercedes L3 while being the same level of attentive you feel the need? It is NOT a requirement that you read a book or watch a move while using it. You can keep your eyes on the road JUST like when you use FSD.
Then I might as well use it in L2 mode. That way I won’t have to fiddle around with reengaging once it goes over 40mph.
How do you know that? They don’t publish how many miles of test data they have. They could have silently collected data for years from cars using their L2 systems.
I don’t think they have lidar on their L2 system so the L3 system is a very different system.
Irrational bias or common sense? I would use their system just as I use Tesla’s — with full attention. I never said I wouldn’t use it, just wouldn’t trust it.
No, it's OK as long as the guy in the commercial doesn't see himself watching the commercial. It's all timey-wimey.
