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Don't Teslas have some sort of collision detection that will automatically apply brakes in case of an object in the road? And anyway, I'm not sure why an all m
by indecisive_user 7y ago
Don't Teslas have some sort of collision detection that will automatically apply brakes in case of an object in the road?
And anyway, I'm not sure why an all metal grill would be worse than the grill guard (cow catcher) already present on a lot of trucks.
- xvector 7y agoTesla pedestrian collision warning is dangerously ineffective. It passes some tests with flying colors and completely fails other pedestrian safety tests. Plays into the inconsistent nature of autopilot.
- satanspastaroll 7y agoTo be honest, that is also a problem with human drivers
- pintxo 7y agoHence, regulations requiring specific designs to lessen the effects of a human being run over by a car.
- JaRail 7y agoIt's not an easy feature to test. A lot of magazines have used really fake looking inflatable or cardboard people. Radar systems are going to see those really well. Machine vision solutions may correctly classify the objects as non-human. You don't want your emergency breaks to go off every time a plastic bag floats in-front of your car. Then you have far more complex real-world situations like this one. The emergency breaking works correctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rmevP6XVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rmevP6XVY I'm not sure what statistics are available for pedestrian collisions. Probably nothing short of deaths are reported reliably at the national level.
- hef19898 7y agoAs do a lot of other premium-brand cars, nothing special about it anymore.
- a_bonobo 7y agoI bought a new Subaru Forrester. Even the base model comes with cameras which do a lot of work, including automated braking