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

Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by jonawesomegreen on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:33AM (#16734301)

Shouldn't autopilot at least stop the car because of the barrier in front of it? Even if it can't figure out the lane configuration?

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by robotnixon on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:39AM (#16734340)

Autopilot has trouble with stationary objects.

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by markstos on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:36AM (#16734319)

Stationary objects are less likely to be recognized than moving ones: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by loceng on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:39AM (#16734343)

I wonder why these systems aren't linked to GPS and maps, surely you'd be able to calculate that going right into the middle of two fork options isn't going to end well.

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by danbtl on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:49AM (#16734421)

GPS by itself isn't accurate enough to determine what lane you're in.

Even WAAS GPS [1] (used by autopilots for airplanes) is specified to be accurate only up to 25 ft, although the measured accuracy is usually around 3 ft.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Augmentation_System

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by lancepioch on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:48AM (#16734415)

I've heard that GPS is only accurate from about 3-5 meter radius. I think this was also in the same thread talking about the government improving it though.

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Re:Tesla owner almost crashes on video trying to recreate fa... by entropie on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:36AM (#16734318)

Propably not. A car stopping because "its confused" in the middle of a high speed lane is dangerous. Slowing down OTH (as it is shown in the video).

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