How to say this... I am not interested in defending Tesla and I think
their marketing and application of autopilot needs improving.
But, honestly, if the driver is paying attention and autopilot shuts
down, what's to lose ? Up to that point, either autopilot was driving
the car correctly, in which case the driver should be able to continue
just fine without it. Or, autopilot was not driving correctly in which
case the driver should have already taken over. I am having a hard time
to imagine a situation where Tesla or autopilot can be blamed for a
crash unless it actually prevented the driver from taking over, and that
has never happened as far as I know.
The problem is that a small (a very, very small) percentage of people
are treating autopilot like full self driving. First, that percentage
shows overall that driving a Tesla with autopilot on can be done safely.
Second Tesla could do a better job of ensuring drivers are paying
attention.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Mark Hanson via EV" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Mark Hanson" <[email protected]>
Sent: 09-Jul-21 4:21:05 PM
Subject: [EVDL] AutoPilot drops out on tight road turns.
Hi EV folks
After talking with my friend who crashed his Tesla3 about what was noted today
on the EVDL that sometimes on sharp country road turns - the AutoPilot drops
out (thus hitting a tree). This appears to be what happened. In engineering
this fault mode would be considered a fatal flaw but for Tesla it looks like
it’s a “feature”.
Since the autopilot drops out , it's then not recorded as an Autopilot
accident. How convieeenient for Tesla.
I’ll just drive mine in regular bimbo mode on country roads, although I think
it’s fairly safe on the highway.
Best regards
Mark in Roanoke Va
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