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This was the crash where the Tesla drove at full-speed into the back of a trailer yes? I don't see how the "7 safety warnings" are relevant here, that was just
by revelation 9y ago
This was the crash where the Tesla drove at full-speed into the back of a trailer yes?
I don't see how the "7 safety warnings" are relevant here, that was just the cars reminder that he should put his hands back on the steering wheel. It does not mean the car detected it was losing vision and would stop steering the vehicle shortly. The safety warnings had nothing to do with the Tesla failing to recognize the obstacle ahead and brake.
I don't think the future looks good for autonomous driving if the NTSB is going to accept an explanation that there is no vehicle failure here because it gave some regular reminders to put your hands on the steering wheel.
- fiter 9y agoThe hands on the steering wheel is a proxy for paying attention. That's really the key point of these "assist" features: you need to be paying attention just as much as you would be otherwise. Unfortunately, this reduces their effectiveness to being backup.
- revelation 9y agoThat's great, if you're looking to take someones license away. That is not what the NTSB does. The assist feature failed to recognize the obstacle ahead and worse yet, it failed to recognize it's own failure. This is what the NTSB is investigating. The autopilot did not disengage. If it disengages and tells the driver to take over immediately, hey maybe (big maybe) we can accept that this was not a technical failure and solely the drivers fault. But that didn't happen.
- fiter 9y agoAt no point should the system have to "[tell] the driver to take over immediately", because the driver should always be in control. That is the point of the assist technology: to act as a backup for driver error. The driver is not acting as backup for the autopilot error.