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Awesome reply, thanks. I'm actually even more bothered by this. This looks like a super common scenario people in cars face daily. I acknowledge the technica
by WhatIsDukkha 9y ago
Awesome reply, thanks.
I'm actually even more bothered by this.
This looks like a super common scenario people in cars face daily.
I acknowledge the technical obstacles to "wide view" forward sensors but wow, this system seems very very limited.
""“The limited time the target is in the field of view prior to impact challenges the system’s ability to perform threat assessment and apply the CIB system. A target is usually recognized very late or not at all prior to impact.”"""
It seems like the FOV of the sensors is not adequate.
The system should be looking backward to assess the danger of a sudden braking?
Sensor fusion should resolve ambiguity via probability... one line in the reporting suggested it needs both systems to "agree" which is a binary, this is probably just reporter confusion.
This system doesn't seem ready for anyone younger then 21 full stop.
If it doesn't radically improve it's going to have many more problems as it gets in the hands of a wider range of drivers beyond affluent people in middle age+.
These systems are "lane keepers" and really the marketing and driver education should be tightly focused around what they DO NOT do.
I genuinely look forward to less humans in control of cars but this is going to be a rough road.
- gshulegaard 9y agoThere has been discussion about the limitations of the system...including a lot about how a Lidar system would have mitigated this. I think this underscores the fact that driver's must view the Tesla system as a collection of safety features rather than a fully autonomous system. And I think you are correct that there is driver maturity required in order to exercise restraint/use the system responsibly given this and its potential abuse. But a 40% decrease in crashes involving Teslas after the wide deployment of the Autopilot safety features would seem to indicate (to me) still that the overall safety of both Tesla drivers and the public around them is improved by its existence and availability. > If it doesn't radically improve it's going to have many more problems as it gets in the hands of a wider range of drivers beyond affluent people in middle age+. This is a very interesting and astute observation. While I question whether or not the current driver sample/population is materially more or less responsible than those that would have access to the upcoming more affordable Model 3, it is something worth monitoring (by the NTSB). At the end of the day this is an evolving area. While this incident highlights the limits of Tesla's system, it is only one and there is evidence to suggest that overall safety is improved despite its limitations.
- yellow_viper 9y agoI believe Tesla rolled out an update shortly after the crash that fixed the 'bug' of it not recognising the white trailer against the blue sky.