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Um... there's a whole lot different with airplane autopilot vs being on the road. Autopilot is normally engaged when there's "nothing". Clear skies rarely have
by NoOneNew 7y ago
Um... there's a whole lot different with airplane autopilot vs being on the road.
Autopilot is normally engaged when there's "nothing". Clear skies rarely have "sudden" obstacles. It's a no-no during severe weather or flying through mountains. I had a fascination with watching airline disaster investigations when I was making regular flights for a year. Around 70-80% of accidents were caused by relying on autopilot during sub-perfect conditions.
Using airplane autopilot as a case to use Tesla autopilot is a terrible, terrible analogy. Let's throw in an extra terrible.
- aschobel 7y agoAutopilot (plane) in cruise is much different than using it in the terminal environment. My perception in sense of safety and workload reduction is about the same for aviation vs automative. I’m a instrument rated pilot that mostly flys for fun on the weekend. The big danger is folks disconnect from their duty to actively monitor the systems. I would never play an iPhone game with either system.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> Autopilot (plane) in cruise is much different than using it in the terminal environment. A car in "autopilot" is more akin to the terminal environment, though. Things happen faster. Pedestrians run out in front of the car, oncoming traffic swerves to miss a pothole, and a second later you're smashing into them.
- davidgould 7y agoThese are the sort of hazards that autopilot seems to handle well, the problems have been more about ambiguous lane markings and missing large stationary objects.
- diggernet 7y agoAs someone with an adaptive cruise control that has no problem seeing stationary objects, that last bit is just plain inexcusable.