Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time

The real crime is marketing the driver assist capability under the name autopilot when it is anything but that.

The guy was going through a suburb at 75 mph blowing through stop lights. Ofcourse he has to pay, im surprised hes not getting jail time. This has nothing to do with the car, thats just gross negligence

2 murders, 23 grand. The mafia charge more.

If you wanna kill somebody, use a car.

Wow the value of a life I guess. I don’t really know what can come close to the value of a life, but this doesn’t seem like it.

If you want to kill someone in the US with little consequences, run them over with a car.

For fuck's sake I doubt if that would cover funeral expenses.

Anyone else tired of beta testing Tesla’s garbage just by being outside on the roads near these vehicles?

There's this saying about how if something is punishable by a fine, then it's only illegal for poor people.

I don't even have to finish this do I

Civil suit. He's already been proven guilty

Fines = legal for a price.

You honor, I actually didn't wack anyone with this self actuating axe. I bought it and I told it to go chop wood. The people just happened to be too close to the axe. Yeah I was holding the axe but I wasn't actually putting any pressure. The tail was wagging the dog in other words.

Ok so $10,000.00. Fine? Oh alright I guess that'll teach me not to buy autonomous axes.

Well, he didn´t do anything ... /s

Same as it ever was Kill a Pedestrian, Pay a $500 Fine

Come join the war on cars. !fuckcars@lemmy.world

So $11.500 per Person. Huh. I would have guessed it that american Lives would be more expensive.

American taxpayers will pick up the rest of the bill. Nice subsidy for the rich.

uh is that it?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S.

Wednesday’s court hearing wrapped up a case believed to be the first time in the U.S. prosecutors brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.

The recall affects more than 2 million Tesla vehicles and will update software and fix a defective system that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.

The Tesla driver in the Los Angeles case, Kevin Aziz Riad, pleaded no contest to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

Authorities say Aziz Riad, a limousine service driver, was at the wheel of a Tesla Model S that was moving at 74 mph (119 kph) when it left a freeway and ran a red light on a local street in Gardena, California, on Dec. 29, 2019.

The Tesla, which was using Autopilot at the time, struck a Honda Civic at an intersection, and the car’s occupants, Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, died at the scene.

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Why so low penalties? Were the victims black or brown?

Oh come on, only two people?