stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
I guess my biggest question is why didn't the car AEB? Not every accident is preventable, but I would hope the computer would detect the imminent collison and apply the brakes faster than I could in a situation like this.
Emergency braking systems don't initiate braking unless there is no other option present (e.g. in order to not sabotage a driver's ability to swerve around an accident).
Plus, witness testimony tends to be extremely unreliable in terms of timelines and whether or not they felt the car brake during the moments leading up to a severe accident like this.
It would be nice to have some dashcam video from this. It looks like a high speed collision, it really depends on exactly how and when the truck cut him off whether or not this is a freak accident or a distracted driver scenario.
@chillaban pretty much explained why. There are confidence levels related to false positives and Tesla's system errs on avoiding false positives.
Fact of the matter is no auto braking system guarantees that it will prevent all accidents (even preventable ones), so even if it doesn't activate, the automaker is not liable. However, if the system caused an accident (either by interfering with the driver's ability to swerve, causing a spinout, or causing car to be rear ended by unnecessary hard braking), then the automaker is potentially liable.