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New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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You know what might work, program the car so that after the second unanswered "alert" the autopilot pulls the car over, or reduces speed and turns on the hazards. The third violation of this auto pilot is disabled for that car for a period of time.
I drive a Ford Maverick that is equipped with adaptive cruise control, and if I were to get 3 "keep your hands on the wheel" notifications, it deactivates adaptive cruise until the vehicle is completely turned off and on again. It blew my mind to learn that Tesla doesn't do something similar.
It does and did... He kept driving anyway. Drink drivers FTW.
I presume AEB kicked in but all that can do is reduce the speed of inpact.. if you're determined to kill yourself there's not much the car can do.
The problem with this is what if the car thinks there's a barrier in front of you but there isn't? People are arguing that these systems are too intrusive while also arguing that they don't go far enough to take control away from drivers.
This situation happened because a drunk driver ran into police cars, something that has been happening for as long as cars have existed.
They didn't say he didn't respond to the alerts. If you don't respond, autopilot turns off.