Tesla autopilot avoids collision

huggs2

https://electrek.co/2016/09/06/tesla-autopilot-side-collision-warning-prevent-accident-dashcam-video/?pushup=1

TBi

5 Days since this was posted and not comments!

If this was about tesla crashing or catching fire it would be filled by naysayers. People give out about the news channels only covering bad news and this is why, good news doesn't get any interest.

It's good technology alright. Saw the video the other day and tbh it appears the driver would have had plenty of time to avoid the collision in that case. As a biker I actively won't enter in the blind spot of a large vehicle.

Atlantic Dawn

The question is though did the car make the manouvre in to the right lane after calculating space was available in front of the blue car or were the actions of the blue car in avoiding the Tesla car what prevented the crash?

seamus

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The question is though did the car make the manouvre in to the right lane after calculating space was available in front of the blue car or were the actions of the blue car in avoiding the Tesla car what prevented the crash?

My gut feeling is that the car didn't make the manouver at all, as the appropriate action in this case would be to step on the brakes if at all possible, rather than swerve right.

During and after the first swerve, there's no attempt by the vehicle to slow down. Which indicates to me that the avoidance was done by the driver after he heard the warning chime. It is said in the article that the driver doesn't remember if he or the car took the action.

I'm sure Tesla will take the data to see what exactly happened.

That said, without any video showing the position(s) of vehicles behind, I'm speculating. If there was a vehicle riding the Tesla's ass and the blue car had fallen well back, then a non-braking swerve may have been the most appropriate reaction.

BoatMad

The fact is it's not been demonstrated that the auto pilot did anything at all. The story says the driver can't recollect

TBi

BoatMad wrote: »

The fact is it's not been demonstrated that the auto pilot did anything at all. The story says the driver can't recollect

Tesla could check the logs and confirm. It would be interesting to know the truth. Although the car alerting the driver to a possible accident is enough to make it a good system.

jackofalltrades

The article in the OP just seems like a fanboy article for Tesla.
Nothing in the video confirms that the car did anything.
The owner can't accurately recall what happened.
A good driver in that situation would have braked slightly and avoided a collision.
They also might have avoided being in another cars blind spot, which Tesla's autopilot didn't.
The system also didn't pick up the obviously distracted truck driver in the second video.
Again a good driver would have seen this and would have brake or accelerated out of trouble.

The video does show the issues that you can have with "mode awareness" on autopilot systems.
The driver should never be in doubt about who is driving the car.

blackdog2

jackofalltrades wrote: »

The article in the OP just seems like a fanboy article for Tesla.
Nothing in the video confirms that the car did anything.
The owner can't accurately recall what happened.
A good driver in that situation would have braked slightly and avoided a collision.
They also might have avoided being in another cars blind spot, which Tesla's autopilot didn't.
The system also didn't pick up the obviously distracted truck driver in the second video.
Again a good driver would have seen this and would have brake or accelerated out of trouble.

The video does show the issues that you can have with "mode awareness" on autopilot systems.
The driver should never be in doubt about who is driving the car.

Essentially, a blast of the horn in combination with brakes/acceleration would have sorted both situations out

ted1

System worked as designed. What other comment is there to make?

BoatMad

ted1 wrote: »

System worked as designed. What other comment is there to make?

we actually dont know the system worked as designed