Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times::Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

  • HalcyonReverb@midwest.socialEnglish
    151·
    1 year ago

    I drive a Ford Maverick that is equipped with adaptive cruise control, and if I were to get 3 “keep your hands on the wheel” notifications, it deactivates adaptive cruise until the vehicle is completely turned off and on again. It blew my mind to learn that Tesla doesn’t do something similar.

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      It does and did… He kept driving anyway. Drink drivers FTW.

      I presume AEB kicked in but all that can do is reduce the speed of inpact… if you’re determined to kill yourself there’s not much the car can do.

        • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          The problem with this is what if the car thinks there’s a barrier in front of you but there isn’t? People are arguing that these systems are too intrusive while also arguing that they don’t go far enough to take control away from drivers.

          This situation happened because a drunk driver ran into police cars, something that has been happening for as long as cars have existed.