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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by toast0 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:09AM (#20883772)
Well, we could also talk about the time the Tesla accelerated into a gore point when the lead car followed the lane to the overpass. Or the couple of times the Tesla drove into a semi trailer. Or the several other stationary emergency vehicles they've hit. At least the semi's were moving.

We don't really know how well the Tesla automation does vs human drivers, because the statistics are complex, and Tesla only gives us deceptive summaries.

The capabilities that Tesla cars have aren't that much different than other luxury cars, but the other manufacturers don't have NTSB investigations, because their marketing isn't convincing people the car can drive itself.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by FireBeyond on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:30AM (#20884346)
> The capabilities that Tesla cars have aren't that much different than other luxury cars, ... because their marketing

It's actually somewhat impressive, if frustrating, how well Tesla's marketing works.

In a previous article here a couple of weeks ago, a Tesla owner was touting "how much better" Tesla's blind spot monitoring was than "other manufacturers", because it took speed differentials into account, while my 2015 Audi A4 did exactly the same thing. If you were faster than someone in your blind spot, it wouldn't activate. If speeds were similar, it'd activate at close range. If they were vastly outpacing you (I'd see it when adjacent to a HOV lane), it'd activate well within a safety distance to factor in speed differential.

While there are "dumb" Blind Spot sensors, multiple Tesla owners were of the fervent belief that this was an example of how unique Tesla's technology is.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by Fins on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:16AM (#20887559)
Even 2011 has it, and I am sure it wasn't the first year it was available either.