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In France there is a detailled report of a Tesla in a similar accident, it end up speeding over 100km/h and killed a cyclist. What's interesting is that after
by Timshel 2y ago
In France there is a detailled report of a Tesla in a similar accident, it end up speeding over 100km/h and killed a cyclist.
What's interesting is that after a red light acceleration was initially inhibited (don't remember exactly why), driver pressed on the accelerator more and more up to almost 100% but the car was not speeding up much.
Then when inhibition was lifted the car basically started a quarter mile and the driver was overwhelmed and just steered the car without lifting the accelerator until it crashed :(.
Edit:
In this accident too, the driver thought he tried to stop but with no effect.
AEBS was triggered, but the driver missed the notification and just accelerated more when the car started slowing down. A residual pressure in the breaking system meant that acceleration was initially limited.
The full report: https://www.bea-tt.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/beatt_2021-04_paris-rapport.pdf https://www.bea-tt.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/bea...
- em-bee 2y agoafter a red light acceleration was initially inhibited, driver pressed on the accelerator more and more up to almost 100% but the car was not speeding up much. does anyone else see the problem in the design here? if acceleration is inhibited and then the inhibition is released, the accelerator should not activate in full force right away. maybe acceleration should continue to be inhibited until the driver releases the accelerator before trying to use it again, or it should be locked so you can't press it down at all until the inhibition is lifted, but that too doesn't stop a driver from pressing down hard on it. though at least they would get feedback when acceleration starts.