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So then a Tesla requires you to keep your hand on the wheel even in autopilot mode? But wouldn't that then preclude being able to "drive" in the back seat?
Or does a Tesla allow for you to disengage safety protocols?
Tesla have issued a recall because it’s too easy to work around the driver monitoring.
By contrast, until relatively recently, Tesla merely used a torque sensor on the steering column, which was easily defeated by hanging something heavy like a water bottle off the steering wheel rim. Recently, the company has claimed that a wide-angle camera built into the rearview mirror is capable of driver monitoring, although it apparently does not work well enough to prevent a giant stuffed bear from being recognized as a human driver.
Ars TechnicaWorth a read for anyone interested in this thread.