Tesla fail: autopilot rams truck at Utrecht
Posted on 13-01-2016 at 9:19 by CasperH – 65 Comments”
Beautiful man, such a self-elektrokar. And that raises the question: is the world ready for self-guided cars?
Let the most important first, handle: both drivers remained unharmed in this accident. But there the good news.
It was last week Wednesday night when a truck driver a blow felt and in his rearview mirror and discovered that there was a car under his trailer hooked sat, at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. Once on the side tells the driver of the Tesla Model S that he is the car on the Autopilot function. Result: a heavily damaged truck.
Oh, and that Tesla is to the windscreen in the other. Itís your own fault. Itís your own fault for the Tesla because of that wonderful Autopilot not so nice seems to be working as hoped for. And itís your own fault for the director because he too much relied on the Tesla Autopilot system.
Because of how nicely the Autopilot in theory should work, it remains a system that is intrinsically in a much too short time on the market is swayed by a lot of small player. The major car manufacturers are still busy developing, that has a reason.
What I in addition, the most worrisome find on systems such as the Autopilot, is that people are too trusting. And now not all walk roeptoeteren that “the driver is always responsible”, because that is an open door. Realises Tesla. Of course that is true, but there are always drivers who were more freedoms going to afford that then good for them. As a appje send, just read the news, that movie on Facebook to look. What’s next, just take a nap? Yes, that’s next. And that are things that to a greater or lesser extent, be made impossible if you need to make sure your car between the lines.
Call me but “fear renewal” or a pessimist, but I’m really afraid of the consequences of this kind of systems in our current traffic image. Take a look at the damage to that Tesla and imagine what could have happened if that truck is a Daewoo Matiz with a few children in the back seat had been, last week Wednesday evening at the A2. I must not think. And of course, there are hundreds, if not thousands of Tesla drivers who do have to be careful and where this was not the case. But unfortunately we need the regulations to tune in to that individual for the rest of the world forward, and not the other way around.
The Autopilot Is ready for use? Perhaps, it has certainly also advantages such as the prevention of accidents. But you may wonder whether the world is ready for Autopilot. And also that responsibility lies with the manufacturer.
Photo and source: Prinsenbeeknieuws.nl more photos of the crash.