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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I don’t think people understand what a beta stage is…
This is why the likes of Mercedes and Volvo don’t let you take the hands off the wheel, their systems are just as capable but they still want the driver to be concentrated on the road. The fact Tesla lets you keep your hand off gives off the illusion that their system is more capable.
i just read a artible this morning about this, they compared the tesla, the mercedes, cadilac and other system and the told that the tesla is in twice as good, less mistakes and works better, they said the reason we don’t see this happening in mercedes and so on is because ths system is so bad that people don’t use it at all, but because tesla system is so good it gives the sensation that is doing more than what is doing…
F-U-U-C-K all that electric Tesla cars, and ECO cars to, i know that´s the very dark future, but for me the best era to petrol cars it´s right now and i want enjoy ! My first car will be a 100% petrol ! Never i will buy a electric ! NEVER !
F-U-U-U-C-K all that electric Tesla cars, and ECO cars to, i know that´s the very dark future, but for me the best era to petrol cars it´s right now and i want enjoy ! My first car will be a 100% petrol ! Never i will buy a electric ! NEVER !
SHUT ER DOWN
And so skynet began it’s war with the humans
“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. “ What are we talking about then?
People using this as autopilot instead of a better cruise control are at fault for the accidents.
But i don’t think that Tesla is out of the woods in this one. They are essencially using human life’s as beta testing. I’m not 100% against it, but i feel that a lot of people that use it don’t know what the hell they are using and the risk it they take. You can’t text and drive just because of autopilot. It’s no better than a help like power steering, and i feel it should be used as power steering, not a fully autonomous mode.
People using this as autopilot instead of a better cruise control are at fault for the accidents.
But i don’t think that Tesla is out of the woods in this one. They are essencially using human life’s as beta testing. I’m not 100% against it, but i feel that a lot of people that use it don’t know what the hell they are using and the risk it they take. You can’t text and drive just because of autopilot. It’s no better than a help like power steering, and i feel it should be used as power steering, not a fully autonomous mode.
‘Murica f yeah coming again to crash our motherf* Teslas