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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh View Post
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    Autonomous Tesla.

    Driver dies after Tesla autopilot fails to apply brakes - 9news.com.au

    I know there was a thread about autonomous vehicles but, a search takes me to weighbridges, rooftop tents and many other subjects with no relevance to self driving cars.

    Mods, feel free to move this post if you can find the original thread.
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    Tragic but bound to happen sooner or later. Next big one for the makers to deal with is when thier cars kill someone like a pedestrian or such.
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    A Tesla statement said the crash was a "tragic loss" and the first known fatality in more than "130 million miles (209 million km)".
    Read more at Driver dies after Tesla autopilot fails to apply brakes - 9news.com.au
    Yes but I recall the driver was "watching a Harry Potter movie"

    How many times has a driver had a dangerous situation develop and steered or braked intuitively and not reported it. I wonder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Yes but I recall the driver was "watching a Harry Potter movie"

    How many times has a driver had a dangerous situation develop and steered or braked intuitively and not reported it. I wonder.
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    So, an autonomous car (those cars that are advertised as so much better than humans) needs a human (those beings that we are told can't be trusted to drive a car) to override the autonomous car when things go wrong.
    Please, spare me the excuses.
    Autonomous cars are dangerous. The maker of that vehicle should be held to account for the death of the fellow. They need to be encouraged to make a better product, not given special dispensation to continue to supply faulty product.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Yes but I recall the driver was "watching a Harry Potter movie"

    How many times has a driver had a dangerous situation develop and steered or braked intuitively and not reported it. I wonder.
    Regards Philip A
    As Mick says, what's the point of having an autonomous vehicle if you still need to control it? It either is, or it isn't. If Tesla are selling them as this, then why wouldn't you be watching a movie? If they aren't being sold as this, then they should require the driver to still maintain control of the vehicle at all times.

    It can't be both depending on how well - or not, the technology is doing at the time...
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    Analysis of the incident without the hyperventilating and outrage:

    Fatal Tesla Self-Driving Car Crash Reminds Us That Robots Aren't Perfect - IEEE Spectrum

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    That is why I think the technology has a long way to go, and we won't be seeing convoys of autonomous vehicles on our roads anytime soon.

    Come to think of it, the demo shown of trucks travelling nose to tail in Europe is currently very illegal in Australia and I would hate to try and overtake 20 trucks nose to tail on any of our roads, although many of our interstate truck friends seem to try and emulate it at times , just prior to the quick dodge out into the passing lane to pass another truck over a 10Kilometer stretch .LOL
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    I sure as hell would not take my eyes off the road unless it was on rails , we are no where near ready for a fully autonomous vehicle as long as thete are still people are in control of vehicles.

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    A friend of mine has a new Subaru Forrester with all the bells and whistles including proximity sensors and cameras.

    He said driving along the M1 in Qld , the car has already taken control off him when another vehicle has swerved across him too close for the sensors but what we would normally take for granted.

    It has also not allowed him to apply power when trying to accelerate to merge from a slip lane onto the M1 because it senses other traffic travelling faster.

    He has to turn it off in denser traffic because it is continually trying to "avoid" an accident.

    What's the point of having sensor controls like that?.......and he's just set off on a trip towing a caravan. Will be interesting to talk to him when gets back.

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