Posted on 07/06/2016 2:03:44 PM PDT by EVO X
A second Tesla has crashed in Autopilot mode, though there were no fatalities this time.
The accident took place about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The police report notes that a Model X was traveling east with two passengers on board when it crashed into a guard rail on the right side of the road. The force of the impact caused it to collide with the concrete median, and sent it across the eastbound lanes. It then rolled, and came to a stop on its roof in the middle of the road.
Luckily, the two passengers walked away without major injuries. The driver, Albert Scaglione, told the police officers who arrived at the scene of the accident that Autopilot was engaged at the time of the crash.
(Excerpt) Read more at digitaltrends.com ...
So far only Tesla occupants have been harmed. But it’s only a matter of time before an autopilotting Tesla decides someone other than a customer needs to be killed.
Who and why are they pushing this idea? Is it to eliminate unfettered travel?
Self driving cars are our future because they are safer than human drivers, ................or something like that.
Thread discussing the previous Tesla accident:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3445576/posts
I am looking at new cars again, but without all the bells and whistles..
If these people do not want to drive a vehicle, why don’t they call a cab, uber or lyft?
[The driver, Albert Scaglione]
Uhhh....no he wasn’t, supposedly.....
Here’s yet another Tesla crash where the “autopilot” is unable to deal with a common situation which presents no problem to an alert human driver (video at link):
http://electrek.co/2016/05/26/tesla-model-s-crash-autopilot-video/
Almost all cars come with a tracking system so the government can tell where and when you have been and who else was in the vicinity. Many have onboard microphones to facilitate listening to your conversations. Toyota is still making and selling cars with airbags that can kill you. (Yep, despite having to recall millions of cars for that, they are still making and selling new ones).
Sure, I’ve got $132,000 to spend on a new car....
Well, I might be $131,998.50 short, though.....
This is getting a lot of airplay here in Michigan. Apparently he’s some kind of business owner in Southfield.
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I have a niece that was learning to drive a few years ago. She had no idea where she was unless she could view it on an Iphone. Be careful people...
Trust but Verify.
It’s one thing to be Microsoft’s unwitting software beta tester. Quite another apparently to be Tesla’s.
Saw a comment the other day that it is equivalent to a fancy $132K ankle tracking system...
I have heard his name on WJR a lot, what does he own?
Will I dream? I don’t know Hal
An art gallery I believe.
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