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Re:Lawsuit: Autopilot didn't prevent Model 3 from driving un... by tacotime on Friday August 02, 2019 @09:44PM (#20598097)
If an overpass is falsely identified as the broadside of a truck, even a very small percentage of the time, then sudden breaking in the middle of the road would be very dangerous. Also, from a PR standpoint, I think there would be many articles about how AP caused a fatal accident rather than merely failing to prevent it...
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Re:Lawsuit: Autopilot didn't prevent Model 3 from driving un... by danso on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:21PM (#20598240)
From a PR standpoint, how is it advantageous to Tesla for laypersons to be told that Autopilot, which is ostensibly safe enough for hands-off highway driving, can't recognize what is to every human driver an unambiguously dangerous situation?

In terms of overpasses being falsely identified as the broadside of a truck, this explanation feels more and more confusing to me as Tesla doubles down on vision-only self-driving (as opposed to LIDAR-assisted). Why would a camera and computer-vision algorithm ever falsely identify an overpass, which in normal weather is viewable and trackable from at least a mile away, as a broadside of a truck suddenly running through an intersection?

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Re:Lawsuit: Autopilot didn't prevent Model 3 from driving un... by sprafa on Saturday August 03, 2019 @12:32AM (#20598685)
I think we have to consider the idea that Tesla is run by a futuristic utopian maniac who doesn’t take “no” for an answer. I mean... possibly.
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Re:Lawsuit: Autopilot didn't prevent Model 3 from driving un... by underwater on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:25PM (#20598458)
My aunt's vision isn't so great any more, and quite often she'll brake for what she thinks is an animal or car, but is just a shadow. Other times, if the sun is low in the sky, she will not notice other vehicles that really are there.

I just make sure that when I'm a passenger in her car I have my hand resting on the emergency brake, so I'm ready to stop the car if I need to. It's much safer that way.

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Re:Lawsuit: Autopilot didn't prevent Model 3 from driving un... by rubans on Saturday August 03, 2019 @03:56AM (#20599200)
I don't think your aunt should be driving.
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