Watch the video carefully. The Tesla may not be reacting to the SUV in front of the red car. Look at the car in front of the SUV - three cars ahead of the Tesla, which is what the SUV is braking hard to avoid. That car was the cause of the accident.
If seeing that far ahead seem a bit of a stretch, note that there is a clear line of sight between the Tesla and the third car ahead. The Tesla can't see much, only maybe a foot of the left side of the instigator, but perhaps enough to get a clear indication of an impending crash. It can't be known whether the Tesla alarmed due to seeing the SUV or the car ahead of it, but let's be clear - the Tesla did not "predict" a crash. It only responded to what it could see. That depends on how sensitive it's sensors are, how many and where the sensors are, and whether or not traffic arranges itself in a way to reveal itself to the sensors. This incident might have played out very differently (and sadly) if all the cars were in line with each other and/or the SUV had been a sedan. Don't get me wrong, driver assist can be a very good thing. But my stomach turns when the hype kicks in and people start believing tech can do things it can't. Chris On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > The car has radar, lidar, and multiple cameras. It can "see" cars around > it that the driver does not. It does not merely "see" the cars immediately > surrounding itself. It gathers information about _all_ the objects it can > perceive. It is a very very sophisticated system. > > Also, the brakelights on the SUV are clearly visible though the windows of > the red car that was in between. The autopilot would see the brakelights > and the changing position of the SUV, etc. and realize the SUV was slowing > down rapidly. > > Bill D. > > On 12/28/2016 4:46 AM, paul dove via EV wrote: > >> It very clearly predicted the accident with an audible alarm IMO. >> Probably sees there relative speeds off of gps in their phones or car NAB >> systems. I'm amazed what one can learn about traffic with just google maps. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161229/df71a3b1/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
