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Honestly I'm baffled by how Musk/Tesla get away with all their branded self-driving-but-you-must-always-be-in control messaging and jokey terminology like Mad Max mode etc.

Given how aggressively US DoT enforces safety regulations for vehicles you would have thought there would have been far more pushback, not just on truth in advertising but more importantly road safety for both SD vehicles and the people around them.

Presumably the bureaucrats are asleep and not paying attention, so there is no formal adherence to the levels of self driving that everyone except regulators seem to regularly quote (Toyota et al) https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/05/25/...