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The crash had nothing to do with the driver ignoring autopilot warnings. For some reason the automatic emergency braking feature of the Tesla did not work. This
by quantumwannabe 9y ago
The crash had nothing to do with the driver ignoring autopilot warnings. For some reason the automatic emergency braking feature of the Tesla did not work. This is a serious problem and AEB should be completely separate from autopilot. What is the point of a safety feature which is supposed to stop you from crashing if it doesn't activate? In this case the driver appears to be an idiot who wasn't paying attention, but imagine if he had a seizure, fell asleep, got cut off and brake checked, or something else?
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoTo be fair a vehicle coming across you at a crossroads is hard to judge the speed of, hard to see in time and hard to decide what to do. If you break will it slam in to the side of you; do you need to floor it, maintain speed? What if you're in amongst traffic and can't see the vehicle (visually or via tech assist)? Is there other info you're using to come to your conclusions here, the article doesn't seem particularly informative about the crash (location, circumstances, etc.).
- quantumwannabe 9y agoFrom the NTSB Report (https://dms.ntsb.gov/public/59500-59999/59989/604694.pdf https://dms.ntsb.gov/public/59500-59999/59989/604694.pdf): >In concluding the interview, the witness offered the opinion that both drivers had sufficient time to have seen the other vehicle and should have been able to slow or stop sufficiently to have avoided the crash. The full witness statement is on page 19. It sounds like the truck was making a left turn across the Tesla's path and according to the witness they both had enough time to see the other car - the truck was moving slowly and the Tesla took around three seconds to reach the intersection from the time when the witness first saw it.