'Score one for the self-driving EV, its self preservation mode is a good thing'
http://www.thedrive.com/news/3052/watch-this-teslas-autopilot-save-a-drivers-life Watch This Tesla's Autopilot Save a Driver's Life April 18, 2016 Will Sabel Courtney [image http://d254andzyoxz3f.cloudfront.net/0418160-tesla-saves-hero.jpg video https://youtu.be/9I5rraWJq6E Autopilot Saves Model S Joshua Brown Apr 5, 2016 Tesla Model S autopilot saved the car autonomously from a side collision from a boom lift truck. I was driving down the interstate and you can see the boom lift truck in question on the left side of the screen on a joining interstate road. Once the roads merged, the truck tried to get to the exit ramp on the right and never saw my Tesla. I actually wasn't watching that direction and Tessy (the name of my car) was on duty with autopilot engaged. I became aware of the danger when Tessy alerted me with the "immediately take over" warning chime and the car swerving to the right to avoid the side collision. You can see where I took over when there's a little bit of blip in the steering. Tessy had already moved to the right to avoid the collision. I was not able to slow down even more due to the heavy traffic (cars were behind me). Once I got behind him I slowly added more room between us until he exited. I was not tail gating after the incident. It was a mistake on the other driver's part. He did not even know I was there until I honked my horn. There was a group of women in the black sedan to my left and they went nuts about the guy and what he did (all kinds of gesturing in their car). Once I was beside the truck as it slowed down on the ramp, the guy gestured a "sorry!" I gave him, "it's okay" wave. Tessy did great. I have done a lot of testing with the sensors in the car and the software capabilities. I have always been impressed with the car, but I had not tested the car's side collision avoidance. I am VERY impressed. Excellent job Elon! Note: I have over 39,000 miles on the car and I've had it since mid-July 2015. Hands down the best car I have ever owned and use it to its full extent. It has done many, many amazing things, but this was one of the more interesting things ... ] Score one for the self-driving car. An Ohio man's Tesla Model S saved his bacon earlier this month when the self-driving feature yanked the electric car out of the way of an errant truck as the bigger vehicle merged into the Tesla's lane. Apparently our future robot overlords don't want us dead...yet. Joshua Brown was minding his own business around noon on April 5, zipping down the interstate in his Model S while listening to a Malcolm Gladwell book on tape. (As one does when driving a Tesla.) As the highway merged with another roadway, a cherry-picker began to perform a Jersey slide, gliding across all three lanes of traffic in one smooth, inattentive maneuver and placing it on an intercept course with the electric car. Brown, by his own admission in the video's description, wasn't looking in the truck's direction as it headed for him. Luckily, though, the ever-vigilant Tesla sensors had his back. Just as the utility truck was about to veer into the electric sedan, the Autopilot system juked the car—which Brown had nicknamed "Tessie"—out of harm's way while simultaneously sounding an alert telling Brown to take over the vehicle. Brown says the other driver seemed apologetic when, moments later, he caught his eye on the road, and offered him a "sorry!" gesture. With typical Midwestern aplomb, Brown says he gave him an "It's okay" wave in response. Joshua, we're glad you're okay. One quick word of advice, though: When your Model 3 shows up in a few years, try to come up with a better name for it than "Tessy." [© thedrive.com] ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/16/tesla-model-s-autopilot-prevents-man-colliding-with-truck-in-ohi/ Tesla Model S autopilot prevents man colliding with truck in Ohio 16 April 2016 ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jersey+slide Jersey slide when you travel from the far left lane all the way to the exit ramp in one quick motion Often done on the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway 'That guy scared the shit out of me when he did a jersey slide in front of me.' by Dave K July 23, 2004 (In above example: crossing 3 lanes without caring who you hit so you can make the highway exit) For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tesla-S-EV-Autopilot-Saves-Human-from-Truck-s-Jersey-Slide-tp4681647.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
