Tesla driver using Autopilot feature killed by tractor trailer
From the accident description, it sounds like the wreck was caused by the truck turning in front of the car, but the car didn't even detect the hazard and try to take evasive action.
I hope this is enough to wake the various regulatory bodies up to the fact that computers can't drive cars.
Joshua D. Brown, 40, of Canton, Ohio, died in the accident May 7 in Williston, Florida, when his car's cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky and didn't automatically activate its brakes, according to government records obtained Thursday.
Frank Baressi, 62, the driver of the truck and owner of Okemah Express LLC, said the Tesla driver was "playing Harry Potter on the TV screen" at the time of the crash and driving so quickly that "he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him."
Frank Baressi, 62, the driver of the truck and owner of Okemah Express LLC, said the Tesla driver was "playing Harry Potter on the TV screen" at the time of the crash and driving so quickly that "he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him."
The technology relies on multiple cameras, radar, laser and computers to sense objects and determine if they are in the car's way, said Mike Harley, an analyst at Kelley Blue Book. Systems like Tesla's, which rely heavily on cameras, "aren't sophisticated enough to overcome blindness from bright or low contrast light," he said.
Harley called the death unfortunate and said more deaths can be expected as the autonomous technology is refined.
Harley called the death unfortunate and said more deaths can be expected as the autonomous technology is refined.
I hope this is enough to wake the various regulatory bodies up to the fact that computers can't drive cars.
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