The Third Tesla Autopilot Crash Has Just Been Reported
A third crash in less than a fortnight is being blamed on Tesla’s Autopilot system.
The latest smash, which occurred in the USA like the others, involved the driver of a Model X who claims the system let the car leave the road and smash into a wooden guard rail, reportedly doing heavy damage to the right hand side of the car.
However, the driver has admitted that he was using the system on a road without markings, which Tesla itself says the Autopilot system isn’t designed to deal with. It’s possible that the system turned itself off and that the driver simply wasn’t paying enough attention to take charge before it all went wrong.
A series of low-res photographs were uploaded to the Tesla Motors Club forum, showing heavy damage including a wheel apparently ripped away from the car.
This incident in Montana comes in the wake of the death of a Model S driver who was killed in Florida when neither he nor his car saw a truck that was turning across their path. A second Autopilot accident involved a roll-over crash in Pennsylvania, thankfully without injury.
Tesla still insists that Autopilot is in its Beta testing stage and won’t be ready to be finalised until the system collectively covers at least a billion miles.
The company is yet to release a statement following the latest accident.
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Well I smell the end of the Tesla hypetrain
Solution: Maybe concede autopilot on cars isn’t a good idea?
Watch, this sort of feature will turn people brain dead when it comes to driving. Isn’t that what we question about commercial aeroplane pilots now too?
Who didnt see this excuse coming though. Oh i crashed my car but it was in autopilot so its not my fault…
it crashed in autopilot on a b road whit out markings, like one of the scenarios the agreement told not to use it and that i accepted… but is the cars fault i want a new one for free by tomorrow…
Imagine tesla making an autopilot system for a mustang…
Do.
Not.
Why do people not just use the brakes
probably too busy on the phone
It was inevitable. I just hated Tesla from the moment they released this feature. You could see from the very beginning that it was sketchy. They are pushing their luck, beta feature must not be available for any customers because now it seems that they are testing on them.
I like this new design you guys are putting in the covers of the articles, really neat!
Tesla should offer an IQ exam as standard, before sell the actual car.
Tesla should offer an IQ exam as standard, before selling the actual car.
Ok, the problem with autonomous vehicals is that if the car crashes it gives the driver something to blame. It’s like blaming an upper deity. Honestly i think the driver should be at fault unless it was another person who’s involved’s fault.
specialy in this case, were the driver engaged the system in a road that wasn’t to do it…