Haven't seen this here yet - some more comments from the driver:
Tesla owner who crashed on Autopilot has a warning for other drivers
In the beginning, he kept his hands on the wheel and was a bit worried something would happen. But after awhile, the system seemed to be predictable. After using it on the same routes several times, he began to feel he knew the places where the car "gets confused," as said in an interview with CNBC.
Molthan is a property developer, and he drove his car the same route to a job site at least 10 times on Autopilot, and on the day of the crash, the system had been engaged for at least 30 to 40 minutes.
The car came to a slight bend in the road and veered out of the lane on Highway 175, in Kaufman, Texas, a rural area outside Dallas. It struck a guardrail at least three times.
Molthan carefully pointed out that his eyes were not on the road when the crash occurred. He reached over to pet his dog, and then buff some fingerprints and dust off the computer screen on the dashboard. When he looked up, it was too late to react.
I guess the interesting thing about this story is he appeared to be a pretty experienced user of Autopilot and thought he knew where the system would have problems and needed to be watched closer. And he still was caught out by it. I am beginning to go with the "accidental disengagement" theory - he hit the steering wheel, turned of AP, and didn't know it.
I wish we would hear back from Tesla - the crash happened on the 7th, its been weeks and they still haven't responded with the logs.
Tesla owner who crashed on Autopilot has a warning for other drivers
In the beginning, he kept his hands on the wheel and was a bit worried something would happen. But after awhile, the system seemed to be predictable. After using it on the same routes several times, he began to feel he knew the places where the car "gets confused," as said in an interview with CNBC.
Molthan is a property developer, and he drove his car the same route to a job site at least 10 times on Autopilot, and on the day of the crash, the system had been engaged for at least 30 to 40 minutes.
The car came to a slight bend in the road and veered out of the lane on Highway 175, in Kaufman, Texas, a rural area outside Dallas. It struck a guardrail at least three times.
Molthan carefully pointed out that his eyes were not on the road when the crash occurred. He reached over to pet his dog, and then buff some fingerprints and dust off the computer screen on the dashboard. When he looked up, it was too late to react.
I guess the interesting thing about this story is he appeared to be a pretty experienced user of Autopilot and thought he knew where the system would have problems and needed to be watched closer. And he still was caught out by it. I am beginning to go with the "accidental disengagement" theory - he hit the steering wheel, turned of AP, and didn't know it.
I wish we would hear back from Tesla - the crash happened on the 7th, its been weeks and they still haven't responded with the logs.
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