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by sandworm101 1491 days ago
Exactly. Most of the legal issues here were actually hashed out decades ago as courts addressed cruise control. Yes, the machine was running the throttle for you, but you are still responsible for instructions given to the machine. You are responsible for speeding and you are responsible if that speeding leads to accidents even though your foot was not actually on the accelerator.