Sentences with phrase «autopilot crash fatality»
The Tesla Autopilot crash fatality in May points to how safe, not unsafe, self - driving cars can be in the future, and how driver assistance features today are at preventing crashes by warning or intervening.
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Tesla also went on to cite stats from the government showing Autopilot reduced crash rates by 40 percent, and suffered far fewer fatalities per mile than other cars.
NHTSA said there have been no reported incidents in the United States involving a Tesla in autopilot mode that resulted in fatalities or injuries since a Pennsylvania crash in July injured two people.
The first fatality related to autonomous driving was registered in Florida, where a Model S that had Autopilot turned on crashed into a trailer truck, killing its driver.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is also investigating the March 23 crash, found that the first Autopilot - related fatality in 2016 was in part a result of the driver overrelying on Tesla's semiautonomous software, but that Autopilot operated the way it was supposed to.
After the first known fatality with Autopilot activated, a fatal crash in May of 2016 near Williston, Florida, the NTSB's findings were damning:
A Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated was involved in a fatal crash, the first known fatality in a Tesla where Autopilot was active.
The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian fatalities caused by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.