Nov 3, 2018
Another Tesla with Autopilot crashed into a stationary object—the driver is suing
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation
To be fair to Tesla, this problem isn’t unique to the company. Most emergency braking systems on the market today won’t stop for stationary objects at freeway speeds. These systems are not sophisticated enough to distinguish a stationary object on the road from one that’s next to or above the road. So to make the problem easier to handle, the cars may just ignore stationary objects, assuming that the driver will steer around them.
Florida man says Tesla oversold Autopilot’s capabilities.