[LINK] Cars, again

[David Boxall]

On 15/11/2017 10:44 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> ...
> Wonder how it would have played out if that truck had been autonomous
> too. ...
For a start, the Tesla was in "driver-assist" mode. It was not 
autonomous, the driver was legally in control. The Tesla had radar and 
computer vision, but the software was set up to give priority to the 
latter. Neither the driver nor the computer vision saw the white 
semi-trailer against a bright sky.

The driver relied on the autopilot, even though Tesla warns against it. 
"The car issued six audible warning alerts that he'd spent too long with 
his hands off the wheel."
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/20/tesla_death_crash_accident_report_ntsb/

That is certainly not an _autonomous_ vehicle incident.

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