There are posts I read where Tesla drivers say the have driven that numerous time without issue. If you are in the off ramp/left lane in this situation I find it hard to believe the car just swerved at the last second that far over to the right and hit the barrier. At this point we don’t know what occurred but from what I have read about that area many cars speed along in the ramp/left lane then cut back onto 101. Others realize at the last second they are actually heading off the highway and cut back onto 101. It is poorly marked as well from the photos of the area I have seen leading up to the MVC.
That’s why where I come from they are no longer called “accidents” but “collisions” because an accident is defined as; unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. Most collisions are preventable hence the change in wording.
Don’t those two lines you have noted come to a point together further back? If so, drivers paying attention should know this is not a lane. Painting chevrons or diagonal lines through those two lines would have been very helpful.
My reason for worry is not the AP system, Iooking at the images and having considerable experience driving AP2, I doubt the likelihood of Autopilot causing this. No, my worry is that if the data recorder is not available, and in the direct aftermath of Uber-gate, there is a question out there as to whether the vehicle was not on autopilot.... that is very bad potentially. Which gets me back to why the uber situation is such a bad moment in the tech development.
I see what you are saying on this subject and understand the logic, but my sense of driving AP2 is that autopilot would not have made the error you describe. TACC I could see though. Or even the driver thinking the car is on AP when really only TACC is engaged... it’s one of the reasons why I kind of wish TEsla would use a diffferent ambient color on the IC to represent if the car is on autopilot or TACC, there are times when I am so used to driving on autopilot that I forget that I am only on TACC and realize it when the car is not steering.... if one were to look down at the same time, an accident could occur. I don’t know if a different color, say yellow for TACC and blue for AP, would make a difference in this scenario.... perhaps different tones to indicate TACC from AP, or even different motions of the stalk... rather than pressing something twice... it’s a pull and hold for AP until it engages or a push and hold forward for TACC until it engages... either way a different Audible note would be available..... certainly avoid the phrase bing bing either way.
I agree with you. It would be interesting to see what firmware this model X was operating under.
I have seen videos of vehicles hitting those sand and water filled barrels. They make such a huge explosion of water or sand that other drivers are startled and have their view obstructed by it. I believe that is one of the reasons they went away from them.
Where is the data recorder stored and does @verygreen or @lunitiks or anyone else who knows where this stuff is, think it will be recoverable?
The Event Data Recorder (EDR) looks like it is located underneath the monitor or accessed from there according to a March 6 Electrek picture. Looks like you remove the plastic holder beneath the monitor to get to the access point. Not sure if the EDR is in there or just the access port. There were so much debris, I hope it was saved or collected when they cleaned up the scene.
