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That's disingenuous. The only reason a human drives into that barrier is if they swerve to avoid something or are otherwise not properly paying attention (text
by na85 9y ago
That's disingenuous.
The only reason a human drives into that barrier is if they swerve to avoid something or are otherwise not properly paying attention (texting, etc.).
There's no good reason for the autopilot to have hit that barrier.
The mental gymnastics going on in these comments attempting to absolve Tesla of any responsibility are truly next-level.
- xapata 9y agoA swerve is not the only possibility, as the area between lanes looks like a lane. My father has done the same thing while driving at night. He insisted he was in a lane while I yelled repeatedly that he wasn't. Luckily he changed lanes / entered a real lane just before we crashed.
- icebraining 9y agoYes, bad visibility could explain it, but Tesla themselves say it was 9.30am and the autopilot had "five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider".
- xapata 9y agoLooking at a photograph of the barrier, a poorly designed median also explains it.
- swebs 9y agoNobody is trying to absolve Tesla. They're just refuting a dumb and easily rebuked claim that no human driver would make the same mistake. There is evidence that crashes happened there before, and it would be easy to imagine someone crashing there because they were focusing on trying to find a spot to merge while driving in what appeared to be a standard lane. Again, not absolving Tesla, just being realistic about the capabilities of human drivers.