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Retrictoday at 2:07 AM0 repliesview on HN

No. The law allows passengers in self driving Taxi not to be responsible. Including Taxi operated by Tesla.

Here Tesla makes it clear to people who turn on “Full self driving” the driver must maintain supervision and thus responsibility. As such it’s Tesla’s choice that they aren’t selling self driving cars.

It wouldn’t be such a big deal if some random engineer said they’d eventually do X, but when it’s the CEO repeatedly saying the same across many public appearances that’s as binding as a Super Bowl advertisement.