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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by kd5bjo on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:49AM (#20884435)
Most highway pile ups are a result of drivers following too closely and therefore being unable to stop without hitting the brand-new stationary obstacle where the car they were following used to be.
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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by NeedMoreTea on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:29AM (#20885634)
Quite, but they are still driving into stationary traffic. Nor is it only the immediately following vehicles - it's far from uncommon for vehicles minutes behind to crash.

None of which changes the difficulty in detecting a stationary vehicle, that's in your path, as quickly as you would like.

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