Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Autopilot Failure

Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by quelltext on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:56PM (#23385548)

I believe the point is nobody expects planes, where a layperson would know the term autopilot from, to be left unattended by the pilots. So why should this be assumed on the road?

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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by mark-r on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:33PM (#23385818)

Because human nature. No matter what they call it, the better it works the more the human driver will relax and let the machine take over. No matter how many times you warn them that that's inappropriate or unsafe.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by threeseed on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:15PM (#23385674)

Really isn't a hard concept to understand.

Autopilot means that the plane flies itself. Pilot is there in case it catastrophically fails.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by fastball on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:49AM (#23389362)

You mean like how the driver is in the Tesla for if/when it catastrophically fails?

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