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Tesla in Autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tesla-collision-20180529-story.html ^ | 5/29/2018 | BRITTNY MEJIA

Posted on 05/29/2018 4:23:39 PM PDT by dragnet2

A Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode crashed into a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The collision happened at 11:07 a.m. at 20652 Laguna Canyon Road, according to Laguna Police Sgt. Jim Cota. The officer was not in the cruiser at the time of the crash. The Tesla driver suffered minor injuries, but refused transportation to the hospital.

“Thankfully there was not an officer at the time in the police car,” Cota said. “The police car is totaled.”

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To: dragnet2

Oh, I agree. I was just sharing the details I read because I found them interesting.

I think there’s very little likelihood of “self-driving” cars anywhere but on a track, in my lifetime.


101 posted on 05/30/2018 9:51:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: EVO X

The NHTSA found that Tesla cars with Autopilot activated have 40% fewer accidents.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-autopilot-cuts-crash-rates-by-40-government-finds-2017-1


102 posted on 05/30/2018 9:58:41 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Tax-chick

I understand and the company used that as an excuse days ago.

I think if ya live in a rural/desert area, with lots of straight roads without many cross streets, traffic, kids, parked cars, pedestrians etc, they might work relatively safely.

But in the big population centers with thousands of variables that could possibly occur, not so much.

I think by the time they perfect a vehicle which would immediately address every situation possible, they will be prohibitively expensive.


103 posted on 05/30/2018 10:01:51 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
the company used that as an excuse

I read it as an admission that the company is incompetent to test the product safely, and therefore, they should be sued out of the business.

I agree that the concept of a car's operating rather like a train ... straight along the line ... seems workable, but I expect that's only until the car hits an armadillo and rolls over while the passenger is asleep. Even trains have live operators who are supposed to be paying attention, and bad stuff happens when they aren't.

104 posted on 05/30/2018 10:05:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: dragnet2

Tesla and their human crash test dummies.


105 posted on 05/30/2018 10:06:30 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: bmwcyle

You bet, they’re using everyone on the streets and highways as their guinea pigs. If I were the victims family, I’d go after the city/state/counties for allowing them to be used as test subjects.


106 posted on 05/30/2018 10:09:26 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

This should result in an instant dangerous driving charge for the driver. Drivers are required to be in control of their car - you can’t put the responsibility on the “autopilot” - and to monitor the car when it’s on autopilot, being ready to take over at any moment. I would say that this driver clearly wasn’t ready to take over at any moment.

I still think this technology should be banned, for the false sense of security it gives drivers. I would not trust any of these self-driving systems enough that I could actually relax while driving, and staying alert and ready to take over at any moment sounds more tiring to me than just driving the car myself.


107 posted on 05/30/2018 10:17:56 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: Moonman62

Here is some further discussion about the 40% claim.

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/05/03/nhtsa-disputes-tesla-safety-claim-autopilot/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/sorry-elon-musk-theres-no-clear-evidence-autopilot-saves-lives/


108 posted on 05/30/2018 10:40:17 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X

How would you explain the 40% drop in airbag deployment after the installation of autosteer?


109 posted on 05/30/2018 10:51:07 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: -YYZ-

I agree.


110 posted on 05/30/2018 11:13:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: Moonman62
How would you explain the 40% drop in airbag deployment after the installation of autosteer?

Assuming the 40% is accurate, one reason might be the car is operating in a more conservative mode. People tailgate for no reason and enabling Autopilot reduces those kind of accidents..

111 posted on 05/30/2018 11:29:29 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X

I’m pretty sure that Autosteer has nothing to do with following distance.


112 posted on 05/30/2018 12:16:46 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62

Probably means T’s ‘semi-autonomous’ cruise control.

Adaptive cruise control that keeps a distance from the vehicle ahead.


113 posted on 05/30/2018 12:26:52 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

I would think that following distance would be a result of Traffic Aware Cruise Control, but the 40% drop in airbag deployments cited by the NHTSA was due to the installation of Autosteer. My understanding is that TACC came before Autosteer.


114 posted on 05/30/2018 12:49:27 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62
I would think that following distance would be a result of Traffic Aware Cruise Control, but the 40% drop in airbag deployments cited by the NHTSA was due to the installation of Autosteer.

I would think it would be a combination of the two. If it is just due to autosteer, what is it doing better than a human to reduce frontal impacts? This seems to suggest that the humans wreck more often when making lane changes or making evasive maneuvers.

115 posted on 05/31/2018 5:45:10 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X

This seems to suggest that the humans wreck more often when making lane changes or making evasive maneuvers.

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Or humans aren’t quick or alert enough to make the evasive maneuvers made by Autosteer. The NHTSA made a simple study based on airbag deployments on cars that had Autosteer installed. There was a 40% decrease in deployments. My understanding is that these cars already had Traffic Aware Cruise Control installed.

You seem to be making any and all possible logical contortions to avoid giving Autosteer any credit.


116 posted on 05/31/2018 5:53:47 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62
You seem to be making any and all possible logical contortions to avoid giving Autosteer any credit.

Sounds to me like the autopilot works great until it doesn't. The accidents that have made the news recently appear to have one thing in common. The drivers weren't paying attention and it cost a few of them their lives.

117 posted on 05/31/2018 8:53:38 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X

Sounds to me like the autopilot works great until it doesn’t.

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The owner’s manual is clear about when and how Autosteer is to be operated. All the recent accidents seem to indicate that the owners were using Autosteer improperly.

Even so, the installment of Autosteer leads to 40% fewer airbag deployments.


118 posted on 05/31/2018 9:02:09 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: dragnet2; All

Here is an update to the story. There was a previous Tesla accident at the same location.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/05/30/Self-driving-Tesla-car-crashes-in-same-California-location-as-2017-accident/1131527692147/


119 posted on 06/01/2018 2:25:19 AM PDT by EVO X
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