3 ms·
Better a neck jarring autopilot incident than a neck jarring collision!
by austin_y 11y ago
Better a neck jarring autopilot incident than a neck jarring collision!
- arprocter 11y agoTrue, although if the Tesla had been going at a less inappropriate velocity there would have been less need to brake so hard. The old adage 'if you can't brake in time to prevent a collision then you are traveling too fast'. That said, we could see an interesting era of robocars driving in ways which seem reckless but are still safe due to the superhuman reaction time. I notice in the new Mercedes ad the line 'vehicle will not self-brake in all circumstances' which wouldn't fill me with confidence. It was often said that accidents actually increased after the introduction of ABS due to the false sense of security it gave drivers.