A Tragic Loss
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A Tragic Loss
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#2Not clear why did the car continue to travel after the impact. Didn't the systems detect the negative acceleration from the collision?
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#4"Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied". Did the model not have a forward looking RADAR?
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#5"Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied". Did the model not have a forward looking RADAR?
No, as far as I can read, Teslas don't have LIDARs yet (but they are reported to have them, soon: http://electrek.co/2016/03/18/tesla-model-s-test-vehicle-aut...).
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#6The main problem with all of this, is that its not a true autopilot. In fact its the worst kind of autopilot. one that bails out at the last minute leaving you fuck all time to take action.
telsa's autopilot is level 3, which means freeway driving only: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#Classification
The thing I fear now is the toxic mix of fanboyism and excessive PR management reminiscent of the worst excesses of Detroit. The only way safety is improved is when hubris and bluster is put to one side.
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#7Not clear why did the car continue to travel after the impact. Didn't the systems detect the negative acceleration from the collision?
It wouldn't necessarily be cause to disengage the autopilot. Plenty of things could cause negative acceleration besides a collision. A hill, a patch of mud, etc. And presumably they didn't anticipate this kind of situation, so didn't include moderate slowing due to collision as a code path.
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#8Not clear why did the car continue to travel after the impact. Didn't the systems detect the negative acceleration from the collision?
You can't stop momentum like that on a dime.
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#9"Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied". Did the model not have a forward looking RADAR?
No, as far as I can read, Teslas don't have LIDARs yet (but they are reported to have them, soon: http://electrek.co/2016/03/18/tesla-model-s-test-vehicle-aut... ).
There is a radar, but it turns off in that situation, as Elon explained in a tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/748625979271045121