Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up

Post by **MSI** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:44 am

In Florida in May, a Tesla Model S sedan drove into a tractor trailer crossing the road ahead while Autopilot was in control of the car. Neither Tesla’s Autopilot feature nor the driver applied the car’s brakes. In a blog post Thursday, Tesla said that Autopilot didn’t register the white side of the trailer against the bright sky

Post by **MSI** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:47 am

NY Times has a police diagram as part of their article:

Self-Driving Tesla Was Involved in Fatal Crash, U.S. Says

Post by **MSI** » Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:45 am

Automotive News has a video on the incident

which i grabbed a couple screen captures of the damaged vehicle:

tesla fatal1.png

tesla fatal2.png

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