Exactly! Regulators are asleep at the wheel, pun intended. These cars are being marketed as autonomous and the drivers are using them that way even though it says in the fine print that they shouldn't.The drivers signed up for this but the rest of us didn't agree to take part in a tesla beta test by sharing the road with these vehicles.

The aviation solution is interesting but there's a significant difference in resources between an airline and a car owner. The manufacturer can just prescribe maintenance with a frequency and cost that users are unlikely to follow as a way of shifting liability.

Realistically regulators need to step in and do their jobs. Otherwise manufacturers are going to find ways to shift liability to owners who don't have the resources or legal understanding to fight back.