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Indeed. Transmission failures, bearing failures, tire blowouts, and throwing a rod all can cause a car on a freeway to stop quickly. The onus of avoiding this i
by cjensen 4y ago
Indeed. Transmission failures, bearing failures, tire blowouts, and throwing a rod all can cause a car on a freeway to stop quickly. The onus of avoiding this is entirely on the following car.
- 13of40 4y agoKind of makes me wonder what would have happened if all the cars involved had been on autopilot. Would there have been a collision at all?
- epgui 4y agoWe'll never know, but I would wager not. If the stopping car had been an old Toyota and we all had the same footage... well, it probably wouldn't even make the news in the first place... but if it did, we'd all be blaming the rear-enders. But because it's a Tesla, and there is a possibility that AI was involved, suddenly we shift our blame from the rear-enders and tailgaters to the computer. We've always had double standards for humans and machines.
- flandish 4y agoUnless the cohort of AI/FSD cars are sharing vehicle health/telemetry and know when another is “about” to have a blowout, I posit a rear end can still happen. Yes brakes will apply sooner and follow distance is likely to be safer/wider. I just don’t yet trust it’s good enough.