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Sounds like he either committed suicide or was unconscious/disabled before the accident. An autopilot shouldn't just hand over control to the driver and pray w

by dsr_ 9y ago

Sounds like he either committed suicide or was unconscious/disabled before the accident. An autopilot shouldn't just hand over control to the driver and pray when it needs help and the driver is unresponsive; it should try to come to a stop on the side of the road, then shout for help. Shouting via a cell call to 911 (or country-specific equivalent) wouldn't be a bad idea. "This is a Tesla P85. My driver is unresponsive. The car is stopped on I-95 southbound, 2.1 miles south of exit 4 past I-295. The car is red. Please send help. This message will repeat three times."

revelation 9y ago
But this wasn't a disengagement of the autopilot, he just didn't have his hands on the steering wheel. Not to mention that you don't actually need to have autopilot running to get the emergency braking feature. Autopilot or not the car should brake before going full throttle into the back of a semi. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD89Fc_ofXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD89Fc_ofXc
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  It's not a terribly informative video as one can't tell what the car did and what the driver did. Did the car or driver steer around the car in front, who/what operated the break first, did the driver have to specify the degree of breaking or was that all down to the vehicle. Was the driver watching the car in front of the vehicle he was following; did the vehicle do that, what - if anything - did the vehicle react to. At what point does the driver receive control back from the vehicle if it did take over control, was it full or partial control and up to what point. None of that appears in the video AFAICT? Extra credit: if the vehicles in front were attempting a carjacking is it possible for the Tesla driver to floor it and push the car in front out of the way?
  - revelation 9y ago
    Description says autopilot was disabled, and the quick successive beeps you hear are the emergency braking system detecting an impending collision and braking. The driver is steering (and was before; no autopilot). This is how emergency braking works in every car that has it.
fivestar 9y ago
That reads like a Bruce Sterling novel.
jedimastert 9y ago
Apparently they added a feature to do this after the crash

by dsr_ 9y ago

revelation 9y ago

But this wasn't a disengagement of the autopilot, he just didn't have his hands on the steering wheel. Not to mention that you don't actually need to have autopilot running to get the emergency braking feature. Autopilot or not the car should brake before going full throttle into the back of a semi. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD89Fc_ofXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD89Fc_ofXc

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
It's not a terribly informative video as one can't tell what the car did and what the driver did. Did the car or driver steer around the car in front, who/what operated the break first, did the driver have to specify the degree of breaking or was that all down to the vehicle. Was the driver watching the car in front of the vehicle he was following; did the vehicle do that, what - if anything - did the vehicle react to. At what point does the driver receive control back from the vehicle if it did take over control, was it full or partial control and up to what point. None of that appears in the video AFAICT? Extra credit: if the vehicles in front were attempting a carjacking is it possible for the Tesla driver to floor it and push the car in front out of the way?
- revelation 9y ago
  Description says autopilot was disabled, and the quick successive beeps you hear are the emergency braking system detecting an impending collision and braking. The driver is steering (and was before; no autopilot). This is how emergency braking works in every car that has it.

fivestar 9y ago

That reads like a Bruce Sterling novel.

jedimastert 9y ago

Apparently they added a feature to do this after the crash