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Let me guess: was it a mannequin with its hands taped to the wheel?
Yeah. This is a ridiculous story by the BBC - it says the car can easily be tricked and then doesn't explain how. Surely that is the primary set of facts that are needed to evaluate the story?
https://www.consumerreports.org/autonomous-driving/cr-engine...
Let me guess: was it a mannequin with its hands taped to the wheel?
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If my Honda can tell when I'm sitting in a seat but don't have my seat belt on then it seems like this is an easily solvable problem.
Tesla's already do this, but it's easy enough to fool - just put a bag on the seat and put the seatbelt round it.
Could the real issue here be that this technology is "too alluring". In the same way some medicines are regulated to stop people self medicating, perhaps cars need to be made less tempting to be stupid with... For example, perhaps a $1000 deposit that you lose if you are ever found to not be paying attention at the wheel?
Drunk driving and not wearing a seatbelt became socially unacceptable after decades of horrific accidents (I recall a story of a drunk driver in Belgium plowing through an entire class of school children).
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Yeah. This is a ridiculous story by the BBC - it says the car can easily be tricked and then doesn't explain how. Surely that is the primary set of facts that are needed to evaluate the story?
BBC just copied the consumerreports story. It has all the detail on how they did it. It's linked from the BBC article. https://www.consumerreports.org/autonomous-driving/cr-engine...
I mean, I guess this counts as "tricking" the car, but there's definitely a line somewhere at which point this becomes a Tesla-hating non-story. You could also put a brick on the accelerator in a normal car and crash yourself that way, but so what? Any safety system can be worked around by a sufficiently determined person.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
BBC just copied the consumerreports story. It has all the detail on how they did it. It's linked from the BBC article. https://www.consumerreports.org/autonomous-driving/cr-engine...
Fisher next placed a small, weighted chain on the steering wheel, to simulate the weight of a driver’s hand, and slid over into the front passenger seat without opening any of the vehicle’s doors, because that would disengage Autopilot I mean, I guess this counts as "tricking" the car, but there's definitely a line somewhere at which point this becomes a Tesla-hating non-story. You could also put a brick on the accel…
Guys, isn't this obvious? I can also "trick" a knife into stabbing me instead of cutting this carrot. This is like the basic thing of giving your users power over the product they purchased. What next? All cars can be tricked into driving into other cars with merely some steering input? "Researchers concluded that with a mild flick of the wrist, any driver could flatten 40 children in a preschool yard. Activists have…
If my Honda can tell when I'm sitting in a seat but don't have my seat belt on then it seems like this is an easily solvable problem.
A standard car will also drive with nobody at the wheel. Just put it in drive and hop out... If you want more danger, put a brick on the accelerator.
All people care about is defending Tesla because they happen to own shares in the company.