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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: Moonman62

“The markings on the road make a big difference.”

What if they are covered by snow?

What if there is a driving snowstorm too?

And it’s night?


81 posted on 05/29/2018 6:08:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: txhurl

Nope. Every embedded computer does not have an external connection.


82 posted on 05/29/2018 6:17:14 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: PAR35
Let’s get the talking points straight. Did I miss any?

It was a white police vehicle driven by a white cop, therefore too privileged to matter?

83 posted on 05/29/2018 6:23:30 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Paladin2

Here’s the manual:

https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/model_s_owners_manual_north_america_en_us.pdf


84 posted on 05/29/2018 6:31:19 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: goldstategop

Got me to thinking...

What happens when an anarchist-type programmer secretly inserts a “Take-Out-The=Pig-Car” subroutine in the Autopilot Program???


85 posted on 05/29/2018 6:32:36 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: Moonman62

Was the cop car legally parked there ??


86 posted on 05/29/2018 6:40:44 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: dragnet2

Sounds like a software glitch .... call the police/crash the police!


87 posted on 05/29/2018 7:04:07 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: dragnet2

I see this tesla got the ramadan software update.


88 posted on 05/29/2018 7:22:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dragnet2

Artificial intelligence is going to get us all killed.


89 posted on 05/29/2018 8:32:53 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvete)
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To: PAR35

“Did I miss any?”

No. i think you pretty well covered it ... no way could anyone expect the autodriver to correctly function under those bizarre, unusual, and unexpected conditions ...


90 posted on 05/29/2018 8:34:42 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Moonman62

“Autopilot isn’t designed to be used on a road like that.”

but shouldn’t the autopilot know that?


91 posted on 05/29/2018 8:36:30 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: catnipman
LOL!
92 posted on 05/29/2018 8:40:27 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: catnipman

The Autopilot requires human oversight.

https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/model_s_owners_manual_north_america_en_us.pdf


93 posted on 05/30/2018 12:40:23 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: Kickass Conservative
The Moron in the Tesla was using autopilot on the part of Laguna Canyon Road South of the Toll Road? The traffic down there is ridiculous.

What part of Southern California does not have ridiculous traffic?

94 posted on 05/30/2018 1:03:28 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
The last one recently killed a pedestrian and the,”Driverless smart car” never braked prior to impacts.

I read about that in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. The article said the auto-braking was turned off, while the "safety monitor," a transgender ex-inmate with a history of serious traffic violations, wasn't looking.

95 posted on 05/30/2018 3:11:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: Moonman62
Autosteer is a hands-on feature. You must keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times.

If you are not suppose to take your hands off the wheel and stay focused, what is the point? Now instead of just driving, Tesla has you performing another mental task of evaluating the performance of the autopilot system. Seems to me that would be more exhausting than just driving.

96 posted on 05/30/2018 4:09:30 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X

If you are not suppose to take your hands off the wheel and stay focused, what is the point?

...

To avoid accidents:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBglFi6zAY8


97 posted on 05/30/2018 5:53:28 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

I watched the video. Seems to me the autopilot might have put the drivers in bad situations and then saved the day. There really isn’t much video of what was going on before the crash avoidance maneuvers. All the video shows is the system is capable of executing some crash avoidance maneuvers.


98 posted on 05/30/2018 7:58:06 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: dragnet2

I have an idea: Stop calling it autopilot, and start calling it what it is - enhanced cruise control.


99 posted on 05/30/2018 7:59:26 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Tax-chick

That is irrelevant and I’m sure the dead pedestrians family couldn’t care less if one system was turned on or off.

Fact is, this company not only had a high tech automated vehicle but also had human occupant operator and BOTH failed to brake the vehicle prior to impact and prior to brutally killing the female pedestrian.


100 posted on 05/30/2018 9:49:29 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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