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Re:Tesla owner killed in crash was watching ‘Harry Potter’ w... by fujipadam on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:52PM (#12019962)
- Allegedly - watching Harry Potter while driving.

Who knows what might have been triggered after a crash like that? Maybe his ipad turned on and started playing some music or something strange like that.

While this is a very sad incident, my question is more future focused. Can a software update fix this blindness or does it require a hardware upgrade?

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Re:Tesla owner killed in crash was watching ‘Harry Potter’ w... by mattkrea on Friday July 01, 2016 @07:43PM (#12020508)
It was a portable DVD player that was open and playing..
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Re:Tesla owner killed in crash was watching ‘Harry Potter’ w... by matt-attack on Saturday July 02, 2016 @02:05AM (#12021569)
That's impossible. No one has used one of those since 2002.
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Re:Tesla owner killed in crash was watching ‘Harry Potter’ w... by burnitdown on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:27PM (#12021107)
The software can include corner cases
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