Sooner or later, the automatic car control system will be able to prevent an accident with fatalities, experts do not doubt. According to Reuters, the sad statistics revealed the tragic incident that took place in May this year in the US state of Florida, where forty-year resident of Ohio was under truck with a semitrailer, moving on Tesla Model S last year's issue, which has everything you need for activation autopilot mode. However, investigators have not yet clarify whether at the time of the collision activated autopilot, but the "black box" of the sedan Tesla extracted and subjected to decoding. Specialists of the manufacturer will be able to determine whether the equipment attempted to brake before the collision.
The accident happened on a clear day in the afternoon. Furthermore, the high ground clearance of the semi-trailer truck could prevent operation of the emergency braking system, as the gap to the bottom side of the trailer might seem sufficient for automation directions below.
The truck driver, who killed the owner of the Tesla Model S had to give way, had noticed that the sedan before the crossroads reconstructed in the right lane, intended to turn to the right and movement at a slower rate. The witnesses did not see signs of excess sedan speed, but is expected to slow to a crossroads, too, was not observed. One gets the impression that the deceased driver did not notice the truck maneuver and linear motion continued without reducing the speed.
Miscellaneous eyewitness testimony and about other interesting facts. Some arrived at the scene of an accident emergency personnel and local residents states that from interior electric after his collision with trees and post continued to be heard music, and discovered in the cabin portable DVD player plays movies about Harry Potter. Investigators do not yet have evidence that the player was working at the time of the collision.
This tragedy has puzzled NHTSA representatives of agencies that is already in the middle of July, expects to release a preliminary version of the operation rules of cars with the autopilot on public roads in the United States. Now, they say, the publication of the rules will be postponed indefinitely. Representatives of Tesla Motors said that the activation of the autopilot mode does not remove the responsibility from the driver's attention should focus on the road and hands on the wheel. The automaker only continues to insist that the automatic pilot is safer than a real driver.