Yawweee877h444 comments on Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 201 points 1 year ago (11 children)

So they lied. And they'll lie again. And they'll get away with it.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 38 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

Well they have to pay 200+ million. So im not sure if "get away" is the right word. But I get the sentiment. Its a tragedy.

"It took the jury less than a day of deliberation to find Tesla 33 percent liable for the crash and responsible for $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages."

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[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Almost 100 billion revenue last year.

250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?

Yeah. That’s nothing to them.

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[–] int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it never is. fines should be a percentage of the value of the company, not just some sum.

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[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Value can easily be manipulated, it really should be based on 15% ish of their gross income

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[–] 123@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Or value, or XYZ whatever is largest.

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[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In theory I agree, in practice I despise laws that are needlessly wordy, and including a whichever is larger clause will add on an unnecessary element since gross income can only be abused with tax credit shenanigans which aren't very over the top, and if I had my way wouldn't exist at all(fairy tale I know)

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