[Vivek.]

It is POSSIBLE to activate the 'Autopilot' system and then jump out of the driver's seat. It was never designed to be used this way, there are multiple warnings against doing anything of the sort, the car will request input via the steering wheel--but this could be given from another seat. Tesla doesn't seem to rely on a seat occupancy sensor for driver 'attention', which I think is odd and an oversight. At the end of the day I don't consider it my car's responsibility to protect me from my own negligence.


Completely irresponsible on the part of the occupants--but this is all assuming that there was no one in the driver's seat at the time of the accident which I think is unclear. There's still a possibility that the heat of the fire prompted the driver to switch seats before perishing from the flames, which doesn't seem to be mentioned in any article. If this is the case then it's no different than the thousands of other accidents that occurred Saturday night.