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KTLA: Uber rider claims driver asleep in Tesla on trip to Santa Ana
"...An Orange County rideshare customer captured cellphone video of his driver apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode...."
https://ktla.com/news/california/tesla-driver-asleep-full-self-driving-uber-oc/
Ooof, this isn't the only recent one!
KTLA: O.C. Uber customer says driver asleep in Tesla on 405 Freeway
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/orange-county-uber-driver-asleep-tesla-video/
@ai6yr It raises an interesting question - what's the safest thing to do if your driver (of a car with self-driving features) appears to have nodded off? I'd worry that if I wake them, they might get startled and end up doing something even more dangerous.
@mattblaze @ai6yr I once foolishly booked a taxi to drive me 70km at 1pm in a country where most people take a nap at 1pm. I had to keep making abrupt loud observations about doings outside the car to my co-passenger each time I saw the driver's eyelids slowly closing.
(I have since joined the 1pm nap folks, should have been doing years ago.)
@mattblaze I think I would politely come up with a stupid question to ask, in a non-confrontational voice. But who knows what I would actually do in the moment. @ai6yr
@mattblaze @ai6yr I think I'd make sure my seat belt was secure, and then very gently awaken the driver, because sooner or later they're going to wake up anyway (and maybe not so nicely).
@msbellows @ai6yr Yeah, that's probably the best you can do. It seems like a very unsafe situation no matter what.
"This fellow wants to race!"
"He's drunk!"
"What a moron!"
I wonder if this is a reasonable 911 call. Clearly it is a hazardous situation. I'm wondering if they could herd the car to the shoulder effectively and then cite the driver.
@mattblaze @ai6yr My response would be to never have gotten into a car with self-driving features. It's worked perfectly so far, and no doubt will continue to do so.
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