Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot

Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by johnjungles on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:46AM (#22309734)

My comment about controlled conditions was about making you feel comfortable and give yourself a safe to try it out to get an understanding of when it. It wasn’t to say to believe in self driving, I agree it’s a long way out. Understanding the technology is more important than dismissing it altogether is what I was simply trying to point out. I think you can at the least try it, understand it, then have an opinion about it.. (which I respect). There seems to be a lot of negative comments from people who have never sat in a Tesla or have gone through a test drive.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by brokenmachine on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:26PM (#22323728)

I'm not OP, but even if a test drive went perfectly, I would remain worried about the chance of the car randomly killing me for some stupid edge case reason.

Maybe not today, not tommorrow, but maybe six months in the future when the weather and road conditions happen to be just precisely right to confuse the system at just the most dangerous time.

In the meantime I will just read/watch the stories of people more trusting than me about how well the technology works, and currently those stories don't fill me with confidence.

IMO, this is currently dangerous technology that should not be allowed on the road at all.

Common-sense tells me that these half-self-driving systems are dangerous.

I would like to see a study that tested the reaction times of a person who sits doing nothing for a hour and then is suddenly expected to take evasive maneuvers, versus a sober - or even a drunk - driver who is actually driving the car continuously.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by johnjungles on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:18AM (#22326208)

Again, going back to: see if for yourself. Experience it.

Then have an opinion, otherwise it’s like reading about NYC and saying you hate it because you read the reviews.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by brokenmachine on Sunday February 16, 2020 @08:30PM (#22344857)

I've seen the news reports and discussion about the catastrophic failures, and that's enough for me.

Of course I can have an opinion without going for a ride in one, and that opinion is that I don't trust it and I won't "experience it".

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