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Comment on New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times

I hope the cops win. Autopilot allows for a driver to completely disengage their attention from the car in a way that’s not possible with just cruise control.

There’s no way you can drop a human in a life threatening critical situation with 2.5 seconds to make a decision and expect them to make reasonable decisions. Even stone cold sober, that’s a lot to ask of a person when the car makes a critical mistake like this.

On cruise, the driver would still have to be aware that they were driving. With auto pilot, the driver had likely passed out and the car carried on it merry way.

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meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Because people can’t pass out with just cruise control? He didn’t have 2.5 seconds. According to the article he had 45 minutes of multiple warnings.

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dragoness@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
No, autopilot does not allow for a driver to completely disengage their attention. That’s what they want to get to but that’s not where we are. You still have to drive the car, you still have to be in control.

I hope Tesla wins this one. We need to set a precedent for this, you can’t be out here driving high, drunk or any type of impairment and just assume you can get around that by your cars technology.

Granted I agree that the car should slow down, put hazards on and pull you off if you don’t respond by a certain timeframe. There are a few brands that do that and it should be standard.

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