Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on the 405

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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by whenchamenia on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:27AM (#20887668)

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

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