[HN Gopher] Tesla Autopilot Hits a Deer [video]
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Tesla Autopilot Hits a Deer [video]
Author : shaicoleman
Score : 7 points
Date : 2021-10-02 22:10 UTC (50 minutes ago)
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| rvz wrote:
| It didn't even see it. So also no night vision too? I thought
| this software had object detection even on autopilot.
|
| Sounds like a very dangerous robo-taxi if that was going to be
| released as "Level 5" for 2020.
| shaicoleman wrote:
| A few quotes from the video:
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| * "My Tesla was on autopilot and it plowed into a deer in my
| lane, there were no cars behind me, it did not attempt to slow
| down or stop."
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| * "As one Tesla autopilot mile becomes 50, 500, 5000, the
| behavior of your brain changes - it offloads the cognitive burden
| of driving to the autopilot, even when you have your hands on the
| wheel looking straight ahead"
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| * "Your brain cannot turn off habituation, it will put too much
| trust in autopilot, you can't do anything about that and that can
| be disastrous"
|
| * Mentioned article: Tesla Drivers Using Autopilot Watch the Road
| Less, MIT Study Shows -
| https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a37727214/tesla-drivers-au...
| c7DJTLrn wrote:
| I don't get it, is the person advocating against using
| Autopilot then? What do they want Tesla do actually do? You
| can't have it both ways - can't pin it on Autopilot for making
| you less attentive and then continue using it only to point the
| finger when it doesn't compensate for lack of attention.
| JshWright wrote:
| It is irresponsible for Tesla to market something as
| "autopilot" when it definitely isn't that. Telsa is the one
| trying to have it both ways (selling something by giving the
| impression that it offers full "autopilot" performance, then
| passing the buck back to the driver when anything goes
| wrong).
| leahbarton wrote:
| Isn't this the exact behavior we are taught as human drivers?
| iab wrote:
| For sure; alternative headline: "Tesla swerves into tree to
| avoid deer".
| dogorman wrote:
| Cars have this handy peddle on the floor that lets you slow
| down the car without power-sliding it. You should give that a
| try.
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| I'm pretty sure humans are supposed to at least slow down if
| they can possibly do so, which in this case appears to have not
| happened
| dogorman wrote:
| No!? You're supposed to not swerve, but you sure as shit are
| supposed to brake! If you can't safetly slam on the brakes
| because somebody was tailgating you or because the road surface
| is too slippery, then you already fucked up before the deer
| appeared!
| farmerstan wrote:
| Lol you were taught to drive right into deer? I wonder what the
| Yelp reviews are for that driving school.
| wongarsu wrote:
| The car would have had time to come to a stop if it had started
| breaking when the deer became visible. That said the collision
| only became inevitable when the deer dashed forward in the last
| second (literally the last second of its life).
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| The car could have reacted better and likely prevented the hit,
| but if a human had been the only driver nobody would have even
| suggested that the driver was at fault.
| poniko wrote:
| Small animals you drive through, bigger animals you try to
| avoid by breaking, elk/moose you actively try to aim left or
| the back end if you have time to react, mainly because those
| things will kill you when they slams through the window.
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