Cops “almost 99.9% sure” Tesla had no one at the wheel before deadly crash
(arstechnica.com)
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There is a weight sensor in the driver's seat and a torque sensor in the steering wheel. If you leave the seat, autopilot will disengage immediately. If you take your hands off the wheel it will disengage in a minute or so. They also say it was traveling at a "high rate of speed", but autopilot will not go more than 5mph over the limit on surface roads. Something doesn't add up here.
The torque sensor can be defeated by adding a weight to the wheel. Tesla could absolutely do better there, but if someone’s defeating the safeguard, that’s on them.