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Tesla's Autopilot was Engaged when Model 3 Crashed into Truck, Report States

posted by martyb on Friday May 17 2019, @09:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the keep-your-eyes-on-the-road-and-your-hands-on-the-wheel dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Tesla's advanced driver assist system, Autopilot, was active when a Model 3 driven by a 50-year-old Florida man crashed into the side of a tractor-trailer truck on March 1st, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states in a report released on Thursday. Investigators reviewed video and preliminary data from the vehicle and found that neither the driver nor Autopilot "executed evasive maneuvers" before striking the truck.

[...] The driver, Jeremy Beren Banner, was killed in the crash. It is at least the fourth fatal crash of a Tesla vehicle involving Autopilot.

This crash is eerily similar to another one involving a Tesla in 2016 near Gainesville, Florida. In that incident, Joshua Brown was killed when his Model S sedan collided with a semitrailer truck on a Florida highway in May 2016, making him the first known fatality in a semi-autonomous car.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined that a "lack of safeguards" contributed to Brown's death. Meanwhile, today's report is just preliminary, and the NTSB declined to place blame on anyone.

Source: The Verge

Also at Ars Technica.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 17 2019, @02:40PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 17 2019, @02:40PM (#844712)

    Just one quick note on your nice post:
    > L2 and L3 as defined by DOT

    L2 and L3 as defined by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). DOT may be using the initial SAE definitions? Last I heard, I think these definitions are currently being refined by the appropriate SAE committee.

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  • (Score: 2) by iamjacksusername on Friday May 17 2019, @03:19PM

    by iamjacksusername (1479) on Friday May 17 2019, @03:19PM (#844734)

    Thank you - I did not know that.

    They are indeed defined by SAE:

    https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/12/sae-levels-driving-automation [stanford.edu]

    It looks like NHTS is wholesale adopting them into their regulatory framework:

    https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/automated-vehicles-safety [nhtsa.gov]