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First Tesla Autopilot Fatality

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:07 am
by FlyingPenguin
I cringe when I see people in YouTube videos treating it like it's a completely autonomous system. It's more like an advanced cruise control. But it looks like this situation was unavoidable. Even the driver didn't apply the brakes.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/30/12072 ... us-model-s

Blog post from Tesla:
https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tragic-loss

Re: First Tesla Autopilot Fatality

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:28 pm
by Pugsley
Yeah it does sound like it was unavoidable. Unless the truck had been sitting there before the car got there, but it sounds like it happened right in front of him.

Re: First Tesla Autopilot Fatality

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:57 pm
by Losbot
That sucks. I test drove one about 2 weeks ago. It's a very impressive system but I felt weird letting the car drive itself.