Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times::Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.netEnglish
    641·
    1 year ago

    So if the guy behind the wheel died and couldn’t react to the alerts then the car can’t do a decision to just stop instead of crashing into a police car?

    • NathanielThomas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      The video showed that the guy behind the wheel was drunk and letting autopilot work. Apparently autopilot recognized the the emergency vehicles with only 37 metres to impact but instead of braking the system disengaged completely allowing the car to impact at nearly 100 km/h.

      • Wats0ns@programming.devEnglish
        102·
        1 year ago

        Isn’t that in purpose tho ? Like “hey if we’re not sure to be able to break on time, just disengage so it’s not our responsibility anymore”?

        • iWidji@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          If we want to get really technical, the NSTB is requiring all new cars to have emergency braking so in this situation, the car should slam on the brakes. Even if it can’t slow down fast enough to prevent a crash, it should slow down enough to minimize it.

          Is this particular Tesla under said law? Probably not. But I think we can see why this tactic is the infinitely safer and more ethical than saying “good luck, control this car on your own or enjoy this 100 km crash otherwise”

          • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Tesla has AEB but by the time something like that triggers you’re reducing the severity of the crash not eliminating it.

            It’s likely the car braked at 100km/h but was still doing 50 when it hit… at those speeds it’s fatal whatever happens.

        • NathanielThomas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          I don’t know the answer to the question but it’s probably that Tesla should have an auto-braking system if it’s got an autopilot.

    • pec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      He was reacting to alerts, complying to them by simply touching the steering wheel. He did that 150 times during that 45 minute trip ( not all the trip was on auto pilot).

      So if the guy died the car would of disengaged auto pilot (I’m not sure how this works).

      You can check the video in the article. It’s quite informative .

      Edit

      I saw another video and it takes ~60 seconds after taking off your hand from the steering wheel for the car to safely come to a full stop.

      • socsa@lemmy.mlEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        So the headline should be “drunk driver hits police car.”

        • Landmammals@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Was he drunk? The article seems to use the fact that the car nagged him 150 times as evidence that he was impaired.

      • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        TBH if you’re not used to it the steering wheel check can warn frequently. It’s checking for a small amount of torque on the wheel rather than actually holding it (as there are no pressure sensors) and that catches people out but the prompt says to put your hands on the wheel… I could believe 150 times on a long journey.