[LINK] itN: 'Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash ...'

[JLWhitaker]

On 21/05/2019 11:33 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> In my experience as an automation engineer, when you automate something
> you have to be able to deal with all the exceptions that a human can
> manage instinctively. Humans can usually tell that something is
> unexpected and has a strategy to deal with it - stop, swerve etc. This
> is not 100% fail safe but it has a reasonable track record. Machines
> need to be proactively programmed. This is hard.
There is also the state of the driver to take into account. Humans do 
stupid things, too, like texting, watching videos, putting on make-up, 
etc., most of stupid are the ones that cause crashes. I don't know how 
to factor in human stupid for comparison. Or human intent to drive fast 
with mates in the car and then killing them when you hit a tree in the 
middle of nowhere.

We had a major crash at the end of my street that enters onto the 
Princes Highway at 6pm last night. Great timing. No idea what happened, 
but there were enough emergency vehicles around to say pretty bad. They 
were still replacing the traffic lights when I came through 3 hours 
later. My guess: speed on a wet road and trying to beat a light change. 
Bad reflexes, maybe after a drinkie after work, and possibly an attempt 
to get home after an hour stuck on the Monash. Would an automated 
vehicle have avoided this? Who knows?


Jan

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