I think the article
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/business/tesla-autopilot-lawsuits-safety.html?searchResultPosition=1
is pretty reasonable.
It goes on to say:
Autopilot is not an autonomous driving system. Rather, it is a suite of
software, cameras and sensors intended to assist drivers and prevent
accidents by taking over many aspects of driving a car — even the
changing of lanes. Tesla executives have claimed that handing off these
functions to computers will make driving safer because human drivers are
prone to mistakes and distractions, and cause most of the roughly 40,000
traffic fatalities that occur each year in the United States.
While Autopilot is in control, drivers can relax, but are not supposed
to tune out. Instead, they’re supposed to keep their hands on the
steering wheel and eyes on the road, ready to take over in case the
system becomes confused or fails to recognize objects or dangerous
traffic scenario.
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This is serious stuff, not because Tesla has done something wrong, but
because of human nature. People don't always behave properly and other
people don't want to be endangered because of that. Tesla appears to
have done an excellent job (maybe too good) and now they need to address
the side effects of that.
Maybe autopilot should include better detection of whether the driver is
paying attention. At the very least, it could periodically start to slow
down and find a place to stop. If the driver is paying attention, a
quick response (tap of a button ?) would resume autopilot.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Willie McKemie via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Willie McKemie" <[email protected]>
Sent: 08-Jul-21 10:30:20 AM
Subject: [EVDL] Fwd: New York Times article about teen death by Tesla
pic up truck on auto pilot is click bait.
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From: Willie McKemie <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 11:05
Subject: Re: [EVDL] New York Times article about teen death by Tesla pic up
truck on auto pilot is click bait.
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]>
Cc: Lawrence Rhodes <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
One should never read Tesla news from either the New York times or The Wall
Street journal. Uniformly and consistently biased.
On Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 10:43 Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
NYT must do better research. Lawrence Rhodes
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