Since Sean asked, in my view Autopilot is brilliant - I couldn't drive 200 motorway miles at night when very tired in any other car with anything like such confidence, and even in more "normal" circumstances it's a massively effective driver aid. But it's not fully autonomous, and isn't meant to be.
The really sad fact about this (apart from the loss to his family and friends) is that he was such a strong Tesla advocate, and will be missed by the community: I just hope it wasn't caused by him pushing the boundaries of the system too far.
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