We know Tesla intentionally engineered its software to treat stop signs as optional. One man says he is willing to stand up and make a change. There should be many more of these:

A lawsuit filed last week by a Portland-area man claims a Tesla in self-driving mode blew through a stop sign in Clackamas County and T-boned his car — in one of the first-of-its kind lawsuits in Oregon alleging life-endangering flaws with Tesla’s automated technology. Michael Ward’s lawsuit states that he suffered fractures to his face, teeth and spine when Ngoc Phuong Anh Dinh’s Tesla crashed into the passenger side of his car at the intersection of Oregon 212 with Southeast Sunnyside Road.

The question really should be whether a CEO can be held accountable for the company’s flagrant disregard for public safety.

No, really, Tesla intentionally engineered their cars to treat stop signs as optional.

Tesla, Inc. has agreed to recall 53,822 2016-2022 vehicles equipped with the Full Self-Driving (Beta) (FSD) feature which might allow the vehicles to roll through an intersection without stopping for a STOP sign. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Part 573 Safety Recall Report 22V-037…