Florida Autopilot crash Oct 2018

[malcolm]

A Florida Man Is Suing Tesla for a Scary Autopilot Crash

...during his daily drive from his home in Winter Garden to his job at a Nissan dealership in Fort Pierce, Florida. Driving at about 80 mph in the left lane of the Florida Turnpike, with Autopilot engaged, Hudson crashed into a disabled, empty Ford Fiesta.....

...According to the lawsuit, filed in Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Hudson “suffered severe permanent injuries.” Those include possibly fractured vertebrae, Hudson’s lawyer Mike Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan, said during the press conference.
The suit seeks $15,000 in damages (Morgan & Morgan did not immediately reply to a request to confirm that unexpectedly conservative number is correct) and accuses Tesla of negligence, breach of implied warranty or fitness for a particular purpose, and violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, among other things.
It also names the owner of the disabled Fiesta as a defendant, accusing him of negligence.

 

[f205v]

Hudson says that at the time of the impact, he was looking at his phone.

This says it all. Another driver not following Tesla's instructions on how Autopilot works and what the driver is supposed to do (PAY ATTENTION!)

 

[Rockster]

Idiot bottom feeders. It just proves that having enough money to buy a Tesla doesn’t correlate with intelligence, common sense, personal accountability, or integrity.

The saddest thing here is that if this goes to a jury trial one never knows how it will turn out. Expecting common sense from a jury today is folly.

 

[ckoval7]

Florida Man strikes again!

The driver sounds guilty from the lawyer's statements. I hope this gets thrown out.

 

[Helmuth]

And if I recall correctly he bought the Tesla “ to get work done” while driving on Autopilot.

Which other systems DO detect a stationary object going 80mph? Just curious....

 

[atppilot]

Simple as stated...... not paying attention. The news should have read. "Man survives head on impact and survives" - WOW what a safe car this is!!!!!!

 

[Maximapolak]

Blame someone else for my mistakes. Always works. Dumbass.

 

[E-Ryc]

It's not only static objects, at least v8 slows down quite late (and abruptly) for slower objects - i.e. you go 130 and approaching two passing trucks going 90. It keeps 130 quite long and then slams the brakes and rapidly slows down to 90.

 

[trm2]

"Man survives head on impact and survives"

Well, I guess you really can't survive a head on impact and not survive or not survive a head on impact and survive.

 

[Ande]

With that level of stupidity and ignorance, I doubt any level of damage to he's head could kill him, it is most likely empty inside

 

[boonedocks]

Would be nice if Tesla could counter sue for defamation of character

 

[M423]

problem is this guy works for Nissan

 

[NoMoGas]

A Florida Man Is Suing Tesla for a Scary Autopilot Crash

what a putz

 

[Wooloomooloo]

80mph looking at your phone?

 

[Gixx1300R]

Warning: Due to limitations inherent in the onboard GPS, you may experience situations in which Traffic-Aware Cruise Control slows down the vehicle, especially near highway exits where a curve is detected and/or you are actively navigating to a destination and not following the route.
Warning: Traffic-Aware Cruise Control can not detect all objects and may not brake/ decelerate for stationary vehicles, especially in situations when you are driving over 50 mph (80 km/h) and a vehicle you are following moves out of your driving path and a stationary vehicle or object is in front of you instead. Always pay attention to the road ahead and stay prepared to take immediate corrective action. Depending on Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to avoid a collision can result in serious injury or death. In addition, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control may react to vehicles or objects that either do not exist or are not in the lane of travel, causing Model S to slow down unnecessarily or inappropriately.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

With 1 crash after 98,000 miles, I say it’s doing better than most humans...

 

[gilscales]

80mph looking at your phone?

How many cars can absorb that 80 mph impact to a stationary vehicle and let you survive? without the ice engine up front the crumple zone is enormous! just look at the pics!

The fact that he is sitting there at the table in the video with his lawyers at the press conference, he should be thanking Tesla for building such a safe car!

I have less than 13k miles on my 3 and have used autopilot enough to know that it is an aid and you need to pay attention, it is very helpful on long road trips but to be traveling at 80 and not paying attention, well he is extremely luck to be alive!
Florida man sues Tesla over autopilot feature, crash

Florida Man Sues Tesla Over Autopilot Feature, Crash

 

[tranzndance]

Has anyone pondered how Tesla's vehicle safety is enabling stupid people to survive accidents that would have killed them in another car?

 

[gilscales]

Has anyone pondered how Tesla's vehicle safety is enabling stupid people to survive accidents that would have killed them in another car?

Are you implying Tesla is altering natural selection? hahaha!

 

[cwerdna]

problem is this guy works for Nissan

No. Florida man sues Tesla over autopilot feature, crash states he's a general manager of a Nissan dealership. In many (most?) parts of the US, due to state franchise laws, automakers cannot own dealerships. Therefore, he's not likely to be on Nissan Motor Company's nor Nissan North America's payroll.

Google for tesla franchise laws.