Tesla on Autopilot Drove 7 Miles With Drunk Driver Sleeping
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cryohellinc
The sooner they create fully automatic self-driving cars and ban people from driving at all, the better for everyone.
RmVA
This is great. If he had to drive himself an accident would be a lot more likely.
rl66
From what i have read the driver have "by passed" the Tesla security system to drive, and the police succeed to stop the car slowing down in front of the car with the anti crash system from Tesla...
Human is still the weak point 🙁
rl66
RzrTrek
sverek
cryohellinc
@rl66
That's my hope for down the road in near future. The amount of MORONS I meet while driving on a daily basis is beyond belief. Most people don't know road laws, and worst of all each one tries to interpret the law in his own head. People can't drive when they are sober, not even talking when some morons attempt when drunk.
Add on top of it, road rage, l33t driv3rs that will try to cut in front of you, or shout something through the window while driving on a bus lane and e.t.c. Laws have to change, 24+ should be the bare minimum age for license + slap on top of it at least 5 years if your IQ is below 80.
All in all, this technology is in its infancy as of right now, but in near future I sincerely hope we will have a Ban for people to self drive their cars in cities, or specific type of roads suited for it. Cross country will most likely always be a "unique" sector, up until the point where we create a proper AI which can analyze various conditions on the go, type of road, vehicle characteristics, and actually be able to See and analyze the road ahead.
Don't care. It will happen sooner or later, and when it does I will be the first in line to vote for it and rise a glass in cheer.
The vast majority of people should Not be allowed to drive by themselves. At the very least what they can do today is make the process of getting a license much harder + require to re-take exams and tests every 2-3 years.
Frances
cryohellinc
Redemption80
I'm also a fan of increasing the minimum age of driving and also the maximum. The roads are full of stupid kids and old people with all their senses failing.
Unfortunately the other side of that is that such a change would be life changing for these older and younger people.
This is why i hope this tech is mainstream soon, the freedom it would give to those who are old, young, disabled, even the stupid who have had their licence removed.
I'm not sure making it mandatory is something that would happen anytime soon though, but it would be interesting to see how the insurance companies would react to that.
Exodite
cryohellinc
tunejunky
this actually happened in my neighborhood. i went to do my morning starbucks visit and four CHP cruisers and two tv trucks were there.
Tesla is headquartered here with the auto factory on the other side of the Bay.
this commentary isn't just about Tesla drivers, but luxury car drivers. and then the 80-20 rule applies (80% of the problem comes from 20% of the people).
the safety aids and autopilots give lazy drivers a false sense of security. there are more Teslas here than anywhere on earth, followed closely by all other electric marques. this problem exists with BMW, Benz, Audi, Lexus, Infiniti, Jaguar, et al... electric or combustion.
and if you think distracted driving is bad with a phone, car info-tainment systems are worse. i see drivers scrolling down pages as i'm on the freeway.
IMHO (caps lol) nfc controllers have gotten really good...my "fastrak" works at any speed.
the requirement for all cars to have nfc transponders along with license will greatly and accurately aid in real world adoption of automation. it's not making older vehicles pay for new cars' toys, it will lead to an effective "ground traffic control" system that is past due in a state as heavily populated as California (and in Asia).
schmidtbag
So.... nobody sees a problem that it took seven minutes for the police to figure out how to stop an auto-pilot car? The primary intention of the auto-pilot is to stop to avoid accidents; being able to self-drive is just an added bonus. That's a lot wasted time and added risk to the public as far as I'm concerned. It's not like they had to slam on the brakes, they just had to gradually slow down. If they felt the car wasn't slowing down, it's not hard to take your foot off the brake...
There are plenty of responsible kids and there are plenty of irresponsible adults in their 30s to late 60s. The problem is people are licensed too easily. The test to get a license needs to be a lot more strict, and part of the testing really needs to teach road etiquette. Many accidents happen because people put themselves before others, or do things out of spite. There also needs to be a separate license to drive high-power sportscars (not a more expensive one, just simply a different one).
It might also be a good idea for texting apps to deliberately cripple themselves whenever they detect being in high speeds, to prevent texting+driving. I guess the tricky part is those who are passengers in a vehicle, who aren't a threat.
However, I do think it's worth it for people over the age of 70 to take vision and reflex tests to ensure they aren't a hazard. I have an uncle who just turned 100 this October and he's a more trustworthy driver than some people I know in their 20s. As long as he would pass those tests, I don't see the problem in him continuing to drive.
holler
Telsa takes too many shortcuts. the fact the car doesn't monitor that you are aware is bad. what if I was having a heart attack? I like what GM is doing with their supercruise tech over tesla's autopilot. its just as important to monitor the driver as well as the surroundings...
schmidtbag
tunejunky
1) Tesla's with their regenerative braking and electric motors accelerate until you brake. the "gas pedal" (lol) controls how much faster you're going, but you still will go until you brake.
2) that takes drivers getting used to.
3) lazy drivers are bad in any car
Exodite
waltc3
I would hate to see what would have happened had the police not stopped the car--crash, bam, boom! I rather think it was the human police who saved the day here, not the dinky autopilot. Apparently, the autopilot was so stupid it didn't know the guy was drunk or that his hands were no longer on the wheel. Think of driving at night in inclement weather, or on winding, narrow two-lane roads, etc. You'd not want to be anywhere near an "autopilot" in those situations. People have already died in Teslas from just sleeping while the autopilot was on in fair weather on four-lane highways. Any technology in a moving vehicle which encourages lax attention from the human driver is very bad news, imo. People forget that these dime-store computers don't think, they have no judgment, etc. It's all the same to them if they stay on the road or leave the road, provided their programming rules are complied with.
rl66