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I can’t help but be somewhat cynical in this case. An 18 year old driver, whos car is driving in the middle of the lane, crashes into a parked truck on the high

I can’t help but be somewhat cynical in this case. An 18 year old driver, whos car is driving in the middle of the lane, crashes into a parked truck on the highway… could it be the teen can now conveniently blame the “autopilot” for his poor driving? How do we know what actually happened? Does Tesla release stats on these incidents to show that autopilot was on during the incident? Surely they have access to this info afterwards

EdwardDiego 3y ago
Over-relying on Autopilot _is_ poor driving. That's why he was cited. How would blaming Autopilot lower your culpability?
liminalsunset 3y ago
One of the features in Autopilot is Traffic Aware Cruise Control and Automatic Emergency Braking. It appears that in this case, they should have helped to prevent this. At the very least, provided you have not disabled it, it tends to produce a loud alarm to alert the driver of potential hazards. If this is indeed the case, maybe the problem goes beyond AP and extends to the safety features of the car... Notably, you can override the accelerator while driving on Autopilot. It warns you that Autopilot will not brake when you do this. This may be a potential factor.
oblib 3y ago
"could it be the teen can now conveniently blame the “autopilot” for his poor driving?" I think it's much more likely the teen had the autopilot feature turned on and was not paying any attention at all to traffic. This kid was 18 years old and was given a car to drive that has an "Auto Pilot" feature. Probably hasn't ever worked on a car in his life and doesn't know anything about how that feature works or the real potential for it to fail. His parents telling him not to use that feature would have no effect at all. Every time one of these Tesla cars crash someone here blames the diver for using the technology, as opposed to the company that promotes and sells it. "This car can drive itself! But you still have to drive it yourself." is bullshit.
- HWR_14 3y ago
  > Probably hasn't ever worked on a car in his life How do you "work on" a EV? Why would being a mechanic make you a better driver?
  - oblib 3y ago
    You work on an EV like any other vehicle. The short answer to your 2nd question is you learn how and why cars break and people crash into stuff. I have a lot of experience with that. I've been driving for 47 years and I've never crashed a car, or crashed into one, or had one crash into me, and I've never gotten a ticket. That's not all luck. It's "defensive driving". To sum in up you have to drive like everyone else is trying to crash into you and the roads are always slippery, and nowadays like your autopilot sucks.
- jerpint 3y ago
  It may be misleading, but ultimately the drive still bears full responsibility. If you have a license you should be controlling the car at all times

EdwardDiego 3y ago

Over-relying on Autopilot _is_ poor driving. That's why he was cited. How would blaming Autopilot lower your culpability?

liminalsunset 3y ago

One of the features in Autopilot is Traffic Aware Cruise Control and Automatic Emergency Braking. It appears that in this case, they should have helped to prevent this. At the very least, provided you have not disabled it, it tends to produce a loud alarm to alert the driver of potential hazards. If this is indeed the case, maybe the problem goes beyond AP and extends to the safety features of the car... Notably, you can override the accelerator while driving on Autopilot. It warns you that Autopilot will not brake when you do this. This may be a potential factor.

oblib 3y ago

"could it be the teen can now conveniently blame the “autopilot” for his poor driving?" I think it's much more likely the teen had the autopilot feature turned on and was not paying any attention at all to traffic. This kid was 18 years old and was given a car to drive that has an "Auto Pilot" feature. Probably hasn't ever worked on a car in his life and doesn't know anything about how that feature works or the real potential for it to fail. His parents telling him not to use that feature would have no effect at all. Every time one of these Tesla cars crash someone here blames the diver for using the technology, as opposed to the company that promotes and sells it. "This car can drive itself! But you still have to drive it yourself." is bullshit.

HWR_14 3y ago
> Probably hasn't ever worked on a car in his life How do you "work on" a EV? Why would being a mechanic make you a better driver?
- oblib 3y ago
  You work on an EV like any other vehicle. The short answer to your 2nd question is you learn how and why cars break and people crash into stuff. I have a lot of experience with that. I've been driving for 47 years and I've never crashed a car, or crashed into one, or had one crash into me, and I've never gotten a ticket. That's not all luck. It's "defensive driving". To sum in up you have to drive like everyone else is trying to crash into you and the roads are always slippery, and nowadays like your autopilot sucks.
jerpint 3y ago
It may be misleading, but ultimately the drive still bears full responsibility. If you have a license you should be controlling the car at all times