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That is some terrible reporting. Who knows what will come of this accident, but the one referenced where the guy claims the car ran into a trailer on it's own
by DigitalJack 10y ago
That is some terrible reporting. Who knows what will come of this accident, but the one referenced where the guy claims the car ran into a trailer on it's own was pretty well refuted by Tesla's black-box style monitoring.
It raises the question of how to prove the trustworthiness of the event recording. I suppose an audit of their recording mechanisms could be enough, but it would be nice if the permanent recorder was made by a third party.
- gist 10y agoCrazy idea but what about a camera placed in a way that Tesla would capture footage of the brake and accelerator. Store up to X minutes/hours of that would come in helpful when combined with the other data they collect.
- Sir_Substance 10y agoSounds like an unnecessarily complex alternative to just logging the pedal state the same as you would a keypress.
- i_are_smart 10y agoThe problem with just logging like that is in the reliability of the logs - what if there's a defect in the position sensor? The pedal (and thus the logs) may report throttle at 100% and breaks at 0% even if it was the other way around.
- gist 10y agoWhat is complex about logging video footage with sensor overlay (or still shots)? Plus it gives you evidence that any jury can understand.
- dragontamer 10y agoYeah, but what if the pedal state was bugged? Look, a carpet snagged on pedals a few years ago and that was sufficient to cause a recall. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/02/toyota-announces-two-new-recalls-for-accelerator-pedal-safety-amends-floor-mat-recall/index.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/02/toyota-annou... That's the level of service I'd expect from any major auto-company. Just because the pedal was down doesn't necessarily mean that we've got driver-error going on here.