Tesla To Release Autonomous Driving Next Week, But After Watching This Clip Are You Ready To Trust Your Life With It?

Try to remember the times when you were learning to walk. Most of us have a hard time bringing back such memories, but we’ve all fallen to the floor in the learning process. The same can be said about Tesla’s Autopilot feature, with the first videos of self-driving near crashes showing up on YouTube.

We are less than a week away from the introduction of Tesla's autonomous driving features, but at least two cases of dangerous situations have emerged.

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Yonder7 - 10/23/2015 3:52:04 PM

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No I understand why the wont accept liability on any accident...they do not trust their own technology....

TomM - 10/23/2015 8:38:12 PM

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It is not that they do not trust their own Technology - it is that they are running out of money - have never made a profit - and could not afford to keep liability insurance on all their vehicles. So - somewhere there is going to be a bunch of LONG disclaimers.

MDarringer - 10/23/2015 10:48:37 PM

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They have no choice in the liability issue. If they produce the car and certify it for the road and it messes up they are liable. ANY civil attorney will tell you so.

TheSteve - 10/23/2015 4:07:13 PM

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In an aircraft, autopilot is extremely useful. If something goes wrong, you're not near any obstacles (including the ground), so you have plenty of time to (a) realize something's amiss, (b) get your wits about you, (c) disengage the autopilot (if it hasn't auto-disengaged), (d) manually fly the craft, and (e) take corrective action.

In a car, you're driving an obstacle course with other vehicles passing within just a few feet with a closing rate that's double your speed, pedestrians, parked vehicles, and others. Believe it or not, an autonomous car system has to be more complex -- and exacting, and error-free -- than a plane's system.

vdiv - 10/23/2015 4:14:12 PM

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I believe it. Autonomous driving proponents are playing a game of chance here, a rather dangerous and arguably unnecessary one. However autonomous driving systems will not appear overnight and be perfect. The current argument is that they are safer than the average driver. The new burden on the driver though is absurd, not only they have to predict the handling of their car and those around them, but also the behavior and the limitations of the autopilot.

MDarringer - 10/23/2015 7:44:05 PM

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I cannot wait for the lawsuits when inevitably the technology messes up. I will laugh myself silly.

cidflekken - 10/24/2015 12:38:04 AM

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The comments on the youtube video itself just scare me for the way people think. People are blaming the driver for not using autopilot on a highway, for not keeping at least one hand on the steering wheel, and not heeding the car's warnings soon enough.
This car crossed a double yellow line almost into the direct path of an oncoming car. One would think that those two things would be MORE than obvious to a car's autopilot system.

mre30 - 10/28/2015 11:05:40 AM

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Safety issues and system efficacy aside, how do these dumba**es on youtube get access to a new $130,000 Tesla P90D?

With few exceptions, what a bunch of juvenile idiots! Does Tesla just hand them the keys? (the transponders?)