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A Tesla driver was killed a few years ago in 101 south in Mountain View by hitting the central part of the fork. https://www.engadget.com/2018-03-24-tesla-mode

by yumraj 5y ago

A Tesla driver was killed a few years ago in 101 south in Mountain View by hitting the central part of the fork. https://www.engadget.com/2018-03-24-tesla-model-x-driver-dies-in-mountain-view-crash.html https://www.engadget.com/2018-03-24-tesla-model-x-driver-die...

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Fatnino 5y ago
That particular spot had been crashed into before and the crash buffers hadn't been properly replaced. This led to a normal crash turning into a fatality. The driver of the tesla had complained in the past of the tesla swerving into the wall when passing that spot, yet still had his guard down on the day he died. That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. The stripe along the right side of the left fork was brand new and very sharp, while the stripe along the left side of the right fork was extremely dim to non existant due to excessive wear sustained during construction of the left fork and the bridge it leads to (connection from the fast lane of 101s to the fast lane of 85s). The crash barrier has since been properly replaced and the striping redone with diagonal lines hashing off the gore so it's abundantly clear even to a camera not to drive there. That said, the tesla self driving made a very dumb error no human driver would make.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. No, it's down to defective self driving.
- SahAssar 5y ago
  If a self-driving mode depends on road markings being perfect to not kill me then I'd rather not have self-driving at all.
- jjav 5y ago
  > That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. Certainly not. It's not appropriate for a self driving car to make any assumptions about striping or any road markings being correct. It crashed because it wasn't capable of self-driving after all.

by yumraj 5y ago

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Fatnino 5y ago

That particular spot had been crashed into before and the crash buffers hadn't been properly replaced. This led to a normal crash turning into a fatality. The driver of the tesla had complained in the past of the tesla swerving into the wall when passing that spot, yet still had his guard down on the day he died. That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. The stripe along the right side of the left fork was brand new and very sharp, while the stripe along the left side of the right fork was extremely dim to non existant due to excessive wear sustained during construction of the left fork and the bridge it leads to (connection from the fast lane of 101s to the fast lane of 85s). The crash barrier has since been properly replaced and the striping redone with diagonal lines hashing off the gore so it's abundantly clear even to a camera not to drive there. That said, the tesla self driving made a very dumb error no human driver would make.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. No, it's down to defective self driving.
SahAssar 5y ago
If a self-driving mode depends on road markings being perfect to not kill me then I'd rather not have self-driving at all.
jjav 5y ago
> That the tesla swerved is down to the poor striping on the road. Certainly not. It's not appropriate for a self driving car to make any assumptions about striping or any road markings being correct. It crashed because it wasn't capable of self-driving after all.