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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by kirkbauer on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @02:23PM (#12088460)
That's stupid. Autopilot doesn't have the ability to determine if it is safe to pull over. It has a fallback mode; eventually it will come to a complete stop in the middle of the road and turn the hazards on. But since this is also dangerous it makes sense to give the driver time to stop it from happening.
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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by FireBeyond on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @02:29PM (#12088509)
It's stupid to come to a gradual slowdown with hazard lights, but it's not stupid to keep blazing away at speed, with an obviously inattentive (or perhaps completely disabled) driver? I'm confused - even you acknowledge it has that fallback, but it's 'stupid' to enact it after a couple of failed warnings? When should that threshold be crossed, then?
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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by kirkbauer on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @05:37PM (#12089861)
That is exactly what it does; apparently the accident happened before it could complete its "slow down and stop with the hazard lights on" process.
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