Posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
I always hear “Disco Inferno” playing in my head with stories like this.
IIRC, the perfection of a computer driven car makes its actions difficult to anticipate for real drivers, and that was the explanation for the crashes.
The victim’s family should sue the US gov for the wrongful death.
Someone tell that idiot that trees have the right of way.
It’s not so much the trees but the squirrels moving them.
From an earlier era:
Light My Fire..................
Tesla warns its users to remain alert at all times so as to take over control from the "autopilot" in emergency situations. The real problem is that people put too much faith in the automatic systems that do work most of the time, and refuse to stay alert for the cases when they don't.
This video shows a Tesla on autopilot crashing into a disabled vehicle. The car directly ahead of the Tesla driven by an alert driver easily avoids the problem.
They’re not getting a pass, the drivers failed. The autopilot system is NOT a replacement for the driver. It’s basically cruise control with with some lane assistance, you’re still supposed to be paying attention. They aren’t beta testers, they’re people who made bad assumptions about the feature and didn’t bother to read the manual.
Baarn Burner
Dang but that gas burns hotly.
“Van Zant’s inspiration for the song was the increasing reckless indulgences of the band members culminating in the evening when guitarist Gary Rossington got drunk and high and survived the crash of his new car into an oak tree along Mandarin Road in Jacksonville, Florida.”
Wiki
I lived my early teenage years in Jacksonville before I joined the USMC. Met the band a couple of times...........
Well, because the Luddites get to decry electric cars.
“Tesla warns its users to remain alert at all times so as to take over control from the “autopilot” in emergency situations.”
You build a system that lets it drive the car and it should be safe to drive the car. Regardless of some lines in the users manual saying to be alert.
If an aircraft company made an autopilot this bad they would already be shut down and have FAA investigators so far up their behind they would be proof against every type of rectal ailment.
a car hit a tree and burst into flame. something new everyday
Impeccable logic, FRiend...lol.
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