Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fatal Autopilot accident

Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by gapo on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:29AM (#16734269)

If this is a reproducible 'bug' - then Tesla's stance of Autopilot is ... certified by US Govt to reduce accidents by 40% ... . "That does not mean that it perfectly prevents all accidents — such a standard would be impossible — it simply makes them less likely to occur." is going to severely discourage a lot of people from not using Autopilot.

Tesla's expectation that a driver keep their hands on the steering wheel within 6 seconds or they can die - is not going to bode well.

Also, "Internal data confirms that recent updates to Autopilot have improved system reliability." [2] is going to come under a lot of questions. What standards/tests do Autopilots even go under ?

[2] https://www.tesla.com/blog/update-last-week%E2%80%99s-accide... [1] https://www.tesla.com/blog/what-we-know-about-last-weeks-acc...

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by loceng on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:38AM (#16734329)

The types of collisions will shift to different concentrations as well, so there could be a "500%" increase in one type of collision, while a "20,000%" decrease in another area.

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by danso on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @02:47AM (#16742406)

> "certified by US Govt to reduce accidents by 40%"

This finding, by the NHTSA in investigating the 2016 Tesla fatality, is under contention. A research group has filed a lawsuit under FOIA since the NHTSA hasn't agreed to release the data: http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/quality-control-...

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