The report on a new Tesla Autopilot falality reveals the system repeated an error from the past
Tesla Model 3, with top sliced off as it drove under a semi-trailer in fatal accidentreveals that Tesla Autopilot was active when the Tesla Model 3 fatally crashed into, and went under, a transport truck crossing a Florida highway, in a disturbing mirror of the May 2016 crash which killed Tesla driver Joshua Brown -- also in Florida.
The report states that"From less than 8 seconds before the crash to the time of impact, the vehicle did not detect the driver's hands on the steering wheel." This phrase, which has been found in reports on other Autopilot accidents, is misleading. Tesla's systems only detect hands on the wheel if the driver applies some force to torque the wheel.
As such, having already had a fatality from failure to identify the broad side of a transport trailer, that would have to be very high on the list of the sort of thing they would want their fleet to find and identify for them, so they can confirm it never fails to perceive a crossing truck. Somehow, it still failed.
I will be discussing maps more next week, but it is worth noting that they also would have prevented the 3 US Tesla fatalities. That's because maps would improve the ability of radar to reliably detect these obstacles. Radar is an excellent sensor, in particular because it tells you how fast every radar target is moving. You get radar bounces off of other cars -- and it's obvious that they are cars because of their speed.
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