Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times::Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.netEnglish
    531·
    1 year ago

    So if the guy behind the wheel died and couldn’t react to the alerts then the car can’t do a decision to just stop instead of crashing into a police car?

    • pec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      He was reacting to alerts, complying to them by simply touching the steering wheel. He did that 150 times during that 45 minute trip ( not all the trip was on auto pilot).

      So if the guy died the car would of disengaged auto pilot (I’m not sure how this works).

      You check the video in the article. It’s quite informative

      • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        TBH if you’re not used to it the steering wheel check can warn frequently. It’s checking for a small amount of torque on the wheel rather than actually holding it (as there are no pressure sensors) and that catches people out but the prompt says to put your hands on the wheel… I could believe 150 times on a long journey.

      • socsa@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        So the headline should be “drunk driver hits police car.”