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The wipers are automatic.  They come on as needed.  If you want to override it, you can do that in the menus.  You can also use voice control (after pushing a button on the steering wheel) to override the wiper setting.  So it's no big deal.  The real gripe is that the automatic feature uses the camera(s) to detect rain, not a dedicated sensor and in some conditions it doesn't work well (putting the wipers on too fast, or when not needed).   
A Tesla will never pull off to the side on you.  If you stop paying attention, it will gently notify you, then beep at you, and eventually if you keep breaking the rules, it will disable automatic features on you until your next trip.
For everyone who didn't bother to read the article, the driver used some tricks to fool the car into thinking he was still attentive.  He knew what he was doing and they are filing charges against him. >

Which means the cars’ need better mechanisms in place to prevent this. Tesla is still beta testing dangerous products on public roads. >

Those cheat devices don't work anymore. Newer teslas also track your eyeballs and will lock you out of autopilot if your texting or not watching the road. >

All the more reason to not buy a goddamn tesla.  That can only go so well. >

Are you upset that you have to watch the road? >

Real question because I genuinely do not know. People have mentioned that even simple things such as turning on windshield wipers entails navigating multiple menus on a touch screen that has no captive feedback, effectively forcing you to take your eyes off the road. Will the tesla start trying to pull off to the side if you are taking too long? Does it start beeping/audibly warning you before so (which isn't usually helpful in that situation, but still)?