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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by akira2501 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:41PM (#20883670)
> Why's it hard?

That humans get distracted and often make mistakes is no surprise, it should also be obvious that the amount of risky behavior is correlated to the amount of _perceived_ risk in any given situation, which is probably why so many are "a simple crash."

It is, however, somewhat scary that a machine that has nothing else to do other than to drive the car as safely as possible still makes these "dumb" mistakes.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by greglindahl on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:56PM (#20883717)
Adaptive cruise control makes dumb mistakes.

Cruise control makes dumb mistakes.

I know people who think automatic transmissions makes people worse drivers.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by urban_strike on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:25AM (#20885927)
> I know people who think automatic transmissions makes people worse drivers.

Well, it's certainly a bit trickier to to respond to texts or browse instagram when you need two hands to operate the vehicle.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by Corrado on Thursday September 05, 2019 @09:53PM (#20892340)
You would probably be surprised what a person with 30+ years behind the stick can do while operating a manual transmission vehicle.
Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by whenchamenia on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:24AM (#20887637)
There are indeed satistics showing that standard transmissions actually correlate positively with driver attenttiveness. I will try to find a link...
Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by whenchamenia on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:27AM (#20887668)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/108705470628810...

Well, thats half of the problematic drivers, and i suspect texters as well. /s