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Tesla crashes into concrete barrier....ON AUTO PILOT!

McLovin · 62.1K views · 2017-03-04 · 0:32

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Overview

A short amateur clip of a Tesla Model S on Autopilot failing to follow a lane shift in a construction zone and hitting a concrete barrier. The uploader uses it to argue against driverless trucks.

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Cited as a concrete example of Autopilot's limits whenever threads debate self-driving safety and Tesla's claims.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2020

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Self-driving & autonomous vehiclesCars, EVs & motorcycles
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michaelt · 2020-02 · Criticism

LIDAR would have picked that up dead easily. Just like LIDAR would have picked up [LINK] And just like LIDAR would have picked up [VIDEO] And just like LIDAR would have picked up [LINK] And just like LIDAR would have picked up [LINK] These accidents are 100% due to the decision to use a janky vision system to avoid spending $2000 on lidar; and that janky vision system failing.

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Animats · 2019-08 · Criticism

So far, most manufacturers cars have no problem with this. Not Tesla. Tesla hitting construction barricade.[1] Tesla hitting freeway offramp divider.[2] [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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StreamBright · 2019-04 · Criticism

He is lucky if we have self driving cars by the end of the next decade. I am sorry but false positive and false negative situations are not ok when it comes to self driving cars and most if not all solution exist today are based on technologies that produce false positives and negatives. [LINK] [VIDEO]

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