thomasmnile wrote:
The self driving and autonomous vehicles have a way to go. A guy driving a Tesla Model S with the first iteration of Tesla's 'autopilot' drove into a tractor trailer turning onto the road in front of his Tesla on a two lane road outside of Gainesville, Fl earlier this year. He was killed. Tesla engineers and law enforcement theorize the car's system could not distinguish between the white trailer and clouds in the sky or other light colored 'background'. Even more baffling, what was the driver doing that he failed to take back control of the car from the autopilot in an attempt to evade and avoid the collision. Guess they'll never know, but it would sure appear 'autopilot' isn't quite ready for prime time.
Read the above posts for details on that accident. The driver was watching a movie, speeding, and not paying attention to the road. It wasn't the "failure" of the auto pilot, but a driver who didn't pay attention.
