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How is their response terrible or PR spin? Was it not factual? Why should they wait a year before making a public statement?

mhermher 9y ago
You can make a statement, you just can't leak information from the investigation to the public. They could have talked broadly about autopilot and what you should and shouldn't do without divulging the details of this specific case.
- valuearb 9y ago
  The fact that sensors reported the driver didn’t have their hands on the wheel, and ignored warnings to put their hands back on the wheel is important, and there is no reason why this needs to stay secret for a year. It’s a stark reminder to Tesla owners to follow usage instructions. And releasing it doesn’t prejudice the investigation in any way.
  - azernik 9y ago
    1. This early in the investigation process, you can't actually put that in the proper context. 2. As the NTSB noted, part of the reason for these rules is also PR-related - they want to make sure that other parties' decision-making processes on information-sharing aren't warped by the need to get favorable information out in public faster. 3. Most importantly - showing no respect for the procedures of the agency investigating you indicates a mentality that puts you above third-party judgment.
  - gkya 9y ago
    The death of a person is not a material to teach things to the public. A better approach would be naming the thing honestly.
  - tremon 9y ago
    The fact that sensors reported the driver didn’t have their hands on the wheel ...says nothing about the hands. It only says something about the sensors, until there is conclusive evidence from a secondary source.
unityByFreedom 9y ago
Drawing a conclusion about the investigation before it's finished seems like pretty obvious spin. > TESLA: "The only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road, ..." Nobody knows what happened. Huang may have had his hands on the wheel, which the system failed to register, and the car made a turn that he wasn't able to correct in time without hitting other vehicles.

mhermher 9y ago

You can make a statement, you just can't leak information from the investigation to the public. They could have talked broadly about autopilot and what you should and shouldn't do without divulging the details of this specific case.

valuearb 9y ago
The fact that sensors reported the driver didn’t have their hands on the wheel, and ignored warnings to put their hands back on the wheel is important, and there is no reason why this needs to stay secret for a year. It’s a stark reminder to Tesla owners to follow usage instructions. And releasing it doesn’t prejudice the investigation in any way.
- azernik 9y ago
  1. This early in the investigation process, you can't actually put that in the proper context. 2. As the NTSB noted, part of the reason for these rules is also PR-related - they want to make sure that other parties' decision-making processes on information-sharing aren't warped by the need to get favorable information out in public faster. 3. Most importantly - showing no respect for the procedures of the agency investigating you indicates a mentality that puts you above third-party judgment.
- gkya 9y ago
  The death of a person is not a material to teach things to the public. A better approach would be naming the thing honestly.
- tremon 9y ago
  The fact that sensors reported the driver didn’t have their hands on the wheel ...says nothing about the hands. It only says something about the sensors, until there is conclusive evidence from a secondary source.

unityByFreedom 9y ago

Drawing a conclusion about the investigation before it's finished seems like pretty obvious spin. > TESLA: "The only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road, ..." Nobody knows what happened. Huang may have had his hands on the wheel, which the system failed to register, and the car made a turn that he wasn't able to correct in time without hitting other vehicles.