[ams6110]

Tesla's "autopilot" system and implementation has serious problems. I think it's becoming clear that they did something wrong. Whether it rises to the standard of negligence I'm not sure, but it probably will if they don't make some changes.

With that said, I agree that ultimately the driver is at fault. It's his car, and he's the one that is operating it on a public road, he's the one not paying attention.

One of the laws of ship and air transport is that the captain is the ultimate authority and is responsible for the operation of the vehicle. There are many automated systems, but that does not relieve the captain of that responsibility. If an airplane flies into a mountain on autopilot, it's the captain's fault because he wasn't properly monitoring the situation.