Driver in Tesla crash

[93Regina]

Driver in Tesla crash relied excessively on Autopilot, but Tesla
shares some blame, federal panel finds

A fatal 2016 crash involving a Tesla sedan was caused by the driver’s
over-reliance on his vehicle’s Autopilot system and by a truck
driver’s failure to yield while entering a Florida roadway, a federal
panel determined Tuesday.

But the National Transportation Safety Board also laid some blame on
Tesla Inc. in the long-awaited findings of an investigation into the
first-known fatal accident involving semiautonomous driving
technology.

The board said Tesla’s Autopilot contributed to the crash. The
software of the Tesla Model S "permitted [the driver’s] prolonged
disengagement from the driving task" and let him use the Autopilot
system on the wrong type of road.

[abscate]

Let's see, seven warnings from the Tesla OS about in attentiveness 40 minutes before the crash?

I think Tesla did us a favour getting this idiot off the road.

My condolences to the family, but this is the same as drunk driving

[93Regina]

this idiot off the road.

Iirc, he was a tech geek, and a Tesla enthusiastic.

For interstate driving, I've got no bones with an autopilot that can be engaged or disengaged.

[precopster]

Cruise control can also seal your fate if not properly used. Highway administration is always going to have pressure to investigate new technologies when accidents are involved. Hopefully common sense prevails.