A Tesla Model 3 hit a police car in Orlando, driver said she was ‘in Autopilot’
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Will governments want a way for law enforcement to quickly audit autopilot status as this becomes more widespread technology?
Which is a great reason to start judging the claim a bit more skeptically than normal. Once the press latch on to a theme, they can be incredibly quick to make it an epidemic at the expense of due diligence.
Even if it was... it seems pretty clear this is the exact type of problem you'd expect to see a Tesla have. If you're at the point where you're doubting it simply because other people might know it's a problem... eventually you kind of lose the ability to function here, as the mere knowledge of doubt makes you doubt the doubt, and when does that end?
Hell, we've all heard lots recently about the media being so bad...
But I am equally sure that someone will one day try to lie about having autopilot on to get out of a traffic accident.
There were ten times as much people claiming their own crashes on a stuck accelerator - not knowing that the Prius logs this kind of stuff and it can be checked after the fact.
They had a global recall and a settlement to the families - they just fitted a new accelerator pedal and carpet mat.
I am no longer working in this area, but I guess the do-not-implicate rule was dropped.
I wanted to see the logs as it felt like the ABS didn’t engage and I wanted to see and review what actions I took so I might be more prepared if there is ever a next time.