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We used to hear that in the foreseeable future all cars become electric and “intelligent” – thanks to perfect car electronics will be able to drive on their own, delivering their owners to any necessary places. In the cabin of such a transport you can read, sleep, or even have breakfast ultra-modern auto delivers you to work or to rest.
Today, electric cars with autopilot are no longer fiction science fiction, but reality. Similar technological progress has become possible, for example, thanks to the efforts of the American automobile company “Tesla Motors”. Nevertheless, as it became known the other day, “smart” machines are not yet perfect enough, and therefore not capable fully manage the ride on a busy highway. Unfortunately, by that’s why forty-year-old Joshua Brown from Florida died in an accident, after which the management of Tesla Motors drew attention to the problem imperfections of autopilot in their cars.
An investigation has begun in the United States “Tesla” electric vehicle accident Model S “. Fastback driver driving on the road with autopilot, collided with a trailer that was turning a truck and died on the spot. This, by the way, is the first death in history, caused by a malfunctioning car autopilot. US authorities intend to check twenty-five thousand cars Tesla Motors production to determine if they have hardware-software complex, serving for independent car movement, the right to exist in its current form.
Why didn’t the electric car on autopilot slow down?
A press release published by Tesla Motors said that the trailer of the truck was white, so the car radar failed to distinguish it from the bright day sky. Nonetheless, the car manufacturer is not responsible for what happened trying to take off.
According to company management, all buyers of Tesla machines warned that the autopilot is still in the stage testing, and therefore the responsibility for its use lies both the manufacturer and the drivers. For example, in the rules the use of autopilot noted that the motorist is required continue to follow on the road, keeping your hand on the steering wheel. Thus, distracted by a book or dream, as described in fantastic novels and shown in the movie, in no case impossible. If the system sees that the person released the steering wheel for a long time, it works sound alarm, and after a while the car starts to brake.
However, then it is completely incomprehensible why the car of the deceased Didn’t automatically brake? And most importantly – why “Tesla Motors “is testing its autopilot at non-factory sites with mannequins, and on American roads with living people for driving? ..
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