Driverless cars first death :(
- Thread starter Yorkie Z
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RIPI wonder if autopilots make cars safer.
Especially when I read this:
"Tesla has generated enormous fanfare with its autopilot mode and inspired consumers – despite the company’s warnings – to see just how much they can do while letting the car drive. "
That contradiction alone makes me think why its equipped with autopilot in the first place both from a safety pov and an accountability pov.
Reading the details of this crash make it seem pretty bizarre.
I wonder how long it will take for a driverless car to kill a person. If it misses an 18 wheeler...
Especially when I read this:
"Tesla has generated enormous fanfare with its autopilot mode and inspired consumers – despite the company’s warnings – to see just how much they can do while letting the car drive. "
That contradiction alone makes me think why its equipped with autopilot in the first place both from a safety pov and an accountability pov.
Reading the details of this crash make it seem pretty bizarre.
I wonder how long it will take for a driverless car to kill a person. If it misses an 18 wheeler...
It's sad but shows that auto pilot also needs human input. Reading the news it indicates that the camera couldn't distinguish between the side of the White trailer and the bright daylight which is scary but then probably no worse than people who drive in glaring low sun with no visor down or sunglasses on.
The other driver said the car was going so quick he never even saw it going underneath. I would have assumed the driver/passanger may have seen the impending vehicle and may have tried to stop the car and wouldn't have waited on the auto pilot to kick in but if it was going too fast, probably wouldn't be enough to stop the impact unfortunately.
For all we know that same accident may have happened without auto pilot, it just so happens the car he was driving was equipped with it and the driver was a huge fan of the system.
The other driver said the car was going so quick he never even saw it going underneath. I would have assumed the driver/passanger may have seen the impending vehicle and may have tried to stop the car and wouldn't have waited on the auto pilot to kick in but if it was going too fast, probably wouldn't be enough to stop the impact unfortunately.
For all we know that same accident may have happened without auto pilot, it just so happens the car he was driving was equipped with it and the driver was a huge fan of the system.
Angie4m said:
But the difference is that a computer system (the autopilot) is designed on forehand, and this is typically a case scenario that displays a flaw that could very easily have been avoided.
It's not very difficult to program in parameters on weather or surrounding conditions that could confuse the autopilot system. In such a scenario a system like that should always be automatically deactivated so that the driver HAS to take control. The system should be able to recognize surrounding parameters that could compromize its workings. Better safe than sorry...
Now we dont know if a driver could have avoided this crash but if the system had shut down we wouldnt have to ask ourselves this question.
Whenever I cant oversee the situation like with poor vision, I slow down (as you're tought and it's pretty much common sense) but from what I've read in the link/report the car didnt resulting in this bizarre and aweful crash.
Reminds me of the Airbus 100 video from years back. Simply demonstrates that the system was not ready for real word useage yet. The guy was clearly a bit of a test pilot for the techknowlegy. Very sad shame that he has died. However I would expect much good a healthy debate will come out of it, that will make others safer.