I agree in general, but the more fundamental issue is that “full self-driving” doesn’t exist and it should be extremely and obviously illegal to even imply that it does, let alone that Teslas are capable of it. Even Waymos, which are more capable than Teslas of something that resembles actual self-driving, are limited to very specific geographies and are monitored at all times, with a human ready to step in to control them in the event they encounter anything remotely novel or unexpected.

Cars cannot drive themselves, by which I mean that they can’t handle the edge cases that actually matter when it comes to driving. Better sensors would reduce the chances of this type of accident happening, but the most reasonable solution is to treat automatic driving technology the same way you would treat cruise control: something that helps drivers drive, not something that pretends to let the driver stop paying attention.

One day we will likely be able to make self-driving systems that are at least good enough that they’re preferable to human drivers. Today is not that day, and until we do, we should be calling this type of technology “advanced cruise control” and “parking assist” and so on. Calling it “full self-driving” implies nothing less than the car being able to drive itself without needing a human, which means humans are going to intentionally take naps in their car instead of paying attention to the road.