Over on Ars Technica, Jonathon GItlin has an article titled “Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not to slow down.”
When I saw in the 11.4 notes the feature that the car can track pedestrians and know when it can safely pass, I thought, uh oh, another rolling stop issue where it is completely safe but illegal. I am sure NTHSA will drop a hammer on this also.
In the comment section, someone posted that self driving cars with all their sensors should be far better than the humans for which these laws were written. Jonathon then smacked them down with “Wow, that's a bold stance, particularly given the number of fatal crashes involving FSD beta...”
All right, what are these “number of fatal crashes”? Of course, he uses the term “involving” rather than “caused by.” Yes, we have seen fatal crashes involving Auto Pilot where the driver was not paying attention, but FSD-b?
I made the title broad in case we want to extend the discussion beyond FSD-b.
When I saw in the 11.4 notes the feature that the car can track pedestrians and know when it can safely pass, I thought, uh oh, another rolling stop issue where it is completely safe but illegal. I am sure NTHSA will drop a hammer on this also.
In the comment section, someone posted that self driving cars with all their sensors should be far better than the humans for which these laws were written. Jonathon then smacked them down with “Wow, that's a bold stance, particularly given the number of fatal crashes involving FSD beta...”
All right, what are these “number of fatal crashes”? Of course, he uses the term “involving” rather than “caused by.” Yes, we have seen fatal crashes involving Auto Pilot where the driver was not paying attention, but FSD-b?
I made the title broad in case we want to extend the discussion beyond FSD-b.