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I can’t help but think that our culture-wide experiment in the normalization of deviance when it comes to speed limits (both how they are set and how they are o
by frankus 7y ago
I can’t help but think that our culture-wide experiment in the normalization of deviance when it comes to speed limits (both how they are set and how they are observed) has something to do with this.
A crash at 55 mph would have 40% less energy than at 71 mph.
- jbtule 7y agoThe NTSB report information is public, from the NTSB docket, https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY18FH011.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY18FH011.aspx, he wasn't traveling at 71 miles per hour. "At 3 seconds prior to the crash and up to the time of impact with the crash attenuator, the Tesla’s speed increased from 62 to 70.8 mph, with no precrash braking or evasive steering movement detected." The autopilot accelerated into the barrier.
- frankus 7y agoCould that be because it effectively registered a lane change by the car it was following and was accelerating to the requested speed? Or are you suggesting that the Autopilot accelerated beyond the top speed set by the driver?
- jbtule 7y agoYou are right "traffic-aware cruise control speed was set to 75 mph". It was traveling slower due to traffic.