[wedn3sday]

Perhaps the driver would have acted differently if Tesla hadnt sold him a product called "autopilot."

[cosmicgadget]

But if it was called 'lane assist' or 'adaptive cruise' he might not have bought the car in the first place.

[delecti]

I agree. If Tesla was not allowed to give their product a misleading name, it probably would get fewer sales. That's the rationale behind false advertising laws.

[AlecSchueler]

Indeed. So they called it autopilot and then this accident happened and that's the reality we're actually living in now.

[terminalshort]

Typically you need better evidence than "perhaps" to walk out of court with millions.

[metabagel]

I'm not an attorney, but I think typically juries operate on the "reasonable person" standard.

[AlecSchueler]

Yes that's why the court heard testimonies from linguistics experts etc.